Title: Equivocal Feminists
First published: 1996
Description: Equivocal feminists takes a new look at the relationship between socialism and feminism in the years before the First World War. The book presents a detailed examination of a neglected organisation - the Social Democratic Federation (SDF), Britain's first Marxist party. It reassesses the history of the SDF, exploring for the first time SDF ideas and practice on issues such as marriage and 'free love', women and work, and the suffrage.

It goes on to look at the party's attitudes to women as potential socialists, its understanding of women's politicisation, and the roles women took within the party. Dr Hunt shows how the SDF came to equivocate officially on the woman question and how this shaped what it meant to be a socialist woman in the following years.
Subjects: Feminism, History, Social Democratic Federation, Women and socialism, Women in politics, Women socialists, Women, political activity, Great britain, history, Political activity, Women
Places: Great Britain
LC classification: HQ1597 .H85 1996