Suffrage and power
Subtitle: the women's movement, 1918-1928
By: Cheryl Law.
Series: [Social and cultural history today]
Publisher: I.B. Tauris; In the U.S.A. and Canada, distributed by St Martin's Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Feminism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.; Women -- Suffrage -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.; Women's rights -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Other titles: Women's movement, 1918-1928
Description: "The Women's Cause is One"--A slogan from a 1919 lobbying pamphlet in support of women's trade unionism - sums up the crusading spirit of this exciting but neglected period in women's history. This book shows that the Women's Movement, through its network of organisations and its powerful and widespread campaigning, was transformed and developed into a formidable fighting force, and continued its assault on entrenched positions to secure women's full and equal participation in society - in politics, commerce, industry and the professions, education, welfare, politics and for franchise extension. This study confounds the myth of the Movement's post-war decline.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-250) and index.
Series from jacket.