Cowman, Krista, 1964-
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
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Part of the series Gender and history;Gender and history (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Machine generated contents note: — Acknowledgements — Introduction: Shaping the Narrative: Waves, Peaks and Troughs — PART I — From Glorious Revolution to Enlightenment: Women’s Political Worlds, 1689-1789 — Organized Politics before Suffrage — PART II — The Campaign for Women’s Suffrage — Women and the Liberal Party — Women and the Conservative Party — Women and Socialism — PART III — Women Members of Parliament — Women in Political Parties 1918-1945 — Beyond Party Politics – the Reconfiguration of Feminist Organizations 1920-1979 — Conclusion — Notes — Select Bibliography — Index.
- 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 –Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
- Women — Political activity — Great Britain — History.
- Great Britain — Politics and government.
- HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain bisacsh
- HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century bisacsh
- HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century bisacsh
- HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century bisacsh
- Politiek gtt
- Vrouwen gtt
- Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland gtt
Requested by deVries, J.