Umfang:
Online-Ressource (190 p)
Ausgabe:
2nd ed
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9781408228234
Serie:
Seminar Studies
Inhalt:
This Seminar Study was the first book to trace the British women's suffrage campaign from its origins in the 1860s through to the achievement of equal suffrage in 1928. In this second edition, Smith provides new evidence drawn from the author's research on how the main post-1918 women's organisation (the NUSEC) worked with Conservative Party women to persuade the Conservative Party to endorse equal franchise rights. Smith focuses on the actions of reformers and their opponents, with due attention paid to the campaigns in Scotland and Wales as well as the movements in England. He explores why
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction to the series; List of plates; Acknowledgements; Publisher's acknowledgements; Chronology; Who's who; Glossary of organisations; Abbreviations; PART ONE BACKGROUND; 1 INTRODUCTION; PART TWO ANALYSIS; 2 THE VICTORIAN SUFFRAGE CAMPAIGN, 1866-97; Origins; Ideology; Internal divisions; Legislation proposed; Party loyalty; The 1890s revival; NUWSS formed; 3 THE CONSTITUTIONAL SOCIETIES, 1897-1910; The new Liberal Government; The Mud March; Internal tensions; Democratic suffragists; Organized anti-suffrage opposition
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Scotland and WalesChurch and university societies; 4 THE MILITANT SOCIETIES, 1903-14; Militancy and the WSPU; The move to London; The WSPU splits from the ILP; The Women's Freedom League established; Scotland and Wales; WSPU ideology; WSPU leadership; Black Friday; New forms of militancy; Anti-male policy; Sex-war; 5 THE NUWSS-LABOUR ALLIANCE, 1910-14; The Conciliation Bill; Liberal women's reaction; Labour Party alliance; Election Fighting Fund Committee; Revolt against EFF policy; 6 WAR AND SUFFRAGE REFORM, 1914-18; Suffragists and the peace movement; Divisions within the NUWSS
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The WSPU and the warEqual or adult suffrage?; Suffrage reform revived; The Speaker's conference; Conservative opposition to reform; Suffrage deputation; The Representation of the People Bill; 7 EQUAL FRANCHISE, 1919-28; The feminist societies; The Labour Government and franchise reform; Women and the Conservative Party; Conservative Party reform pledge; Women's reform strategies; PART THREE ASSESSMENT; 8 CONCLUSION; PART FOUR DOCUMENTS; GUIDE TO FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; INDEX; Plates
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781317862253
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781408228234
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version The British Women's Suffrage Campaign 1866-1928 : Revised 2nd Edition
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
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