Gender and history
Subtitle: women in British politics, c.1689-1979
By: Krista Cowman
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780230545571
Subjects: Politics and government; HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century; HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain; HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century; History; HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century; Political activity; Women
Description: "This survey examines some_of the areas of women's political activity in Britain from the Glorious Revolution to the election of the first female Prime Minister in 1979. It shows how women had worked in a variety of arenas and organisations before the suffrage campaign_and explores the directions their political activity took afterwards"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Acknowledgements; title: Introduction: Shaping the Narrative: Waves, Peaks and Troughs; title: PART I; title: From Glorious Revolution to Enlightenment: Women's Political Worlds, 1689-1789; title: Organized Politics before Suffrage; title: PART II; title: The Campaign for Women's Suffrage; title: Women and the Liberal Party; title: Women and the Conservative Party; title: Women and Socialism; title: PART III; title: Women Members of Parliament; title: Women in Political Parties 1918-1945; title: Beyond Party Politics - the Reconfiguration of Feminist Organizations 1920-1979; title: Conclusion; title: Notes; title: Select Bibliography; title: Index.