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Pacifists, Patriots and the Vote : The Erosion of Democratic Suffragism in Britain During the First World War /

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This study traces the resurgence of a conservative suffrage leadership, questions the inevitability of the narrow franchise granted to women in 1918, and suggests that something important was lost, especially to the Labour party and to feminism, when a broad vision of democracy and patriotism became...

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Main Author: Vellacott, Jo (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Subjects:
History.
Clinical Psychology.
Feminism.
Gender Studies.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Modern History.
Social History.
Clinical psychology.
Feminist theory.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
History, Modern.
Sex (Psychology)
Social history.
Sociology.
Great Britain > History.
Electronic books.
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Summary:This study traces the resurgence of a conservative suffrage leadership, questions the inevitability of the narrow franchise granted to women in 1918, and suggests that something important was lost, especially to the Labour party and to feminism, when a broad vision of democracy and patriotism became a casualty of war, self-interest and jingoism.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XVI, 227 pages)
ISBN:9780230592063
DOI:10.1057/9780230592063