Politics of Womens Suffrage Local National and International Dimensions by Edited by Alexandra Hughes Johnson & Edited by Lyndsey Jenkins
Brand: School of Advanced Study
Product Description
A history of the early twentiethcentury movement for womens suffrage in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. In the United Kingdom the question of womens suffrage represented the most substantial challenge to the constitution since 1832 seeking not only to expand but to redefine definitions of citizenship and power. At the same time it was inseparable from other urgent contemporary political debatesthe Irish question the decline of the British Empire the Great War and the increasing demand for workers rights. This collection positions womens suffrage as central to rather than separate from these broader political discussions demonstrating how they intersected and were mutually constitutive. In particular this collection pays close attention to the issues of class and Empire which shaped this era. It demonstrates how campaigns for womens rights were consciously and unconsciously played out impacting attitudes to motherhood spurring the radical birthstrike movement and burgeoning communist sympathies in workingclass communities around Britain and beyond. show more
Condition : New
Author : Edited By Alexandra Hughes Johnson Edited By Lyndsey Jenkins
Weight : 886.57
Publisher : School Of Advanced Study
Language : English
EAN : 9781912702954
ISBN10 : 1912702959
Format : Hardback
Date of Publication : 20220201
Place of Publication : London United Kingdom
Pagination : NA
Dimensions : 163 X 245 X 23.88mm