Julie Gottlieb - The Aftermath of Suffrage. Women, Gender, and Politics in Britain, 1918-1945 [2013][A]

Book Description
Release date: June 25, 2013 | ISBN-10: 1137015330 | ISBN-13: 978-1137015334
This collection explores the aftermath of the Representation of the People Act (1918), which gave some (but not all) British women the vote. Leading experts explore the paths taken by former-suffragists as well as their anti-suffragist adversaries, the practices of suffrage commemoration, and the changing priorities and formations of British feminism in this crucial era. In considering how generational conflict informed the contested legacy of suffragism, these essays examine the impact of universal suffrage on the main political parties. Were the hopes and ambitions invested in women's and universal enfranchisement realized or dashed? How did those concerned evaluate the outcome as the years wore on? And why did the attainment of full adult male suffrage in 1918 became overshadowed by the seemingly more momentous achievement of women's suffrage?

About the Authors
Julie Gottlieb's research interests are in modern British political history, the history of political extremism, women's history and gender studies, particularly women in politics, and the construction of gender identities in the political sphere. She has published a monograph, Feminine Fascism: Women In Britain's Fascist Movement 1923-1945 (London, 2000), and a number of articles on women and fascism in Britain.
Richard Toye is Professor of Modern History at the University of Exeter. His books include The Labour Party and the Planned Economy, 1931-1951 (2003), Lloyd George and Churchill: Rivals for Greatness (2007), and Churchill's Empire: The World That Made Him and the World He Made (2010).