British Women's Suffrage Campaign 1866-1928

Name: British Women's Suffrage Campaign 1866-1928
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ISBN: 9781405832847

ISBN-10: 1405832843

ISBN-13: 9781405832847

Edition: 2nd 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Harold L. Smith

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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 thissecond 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 women 's suffrage was such a contentious issue, and how women gained the vote despite opponents '…

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List price: $31.33
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Publication date: 7/26/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Introduction to the Series


List of Plates


Acknowledgements


Publisher's Acknowledgements


Chronology


Abbreviations



Background



Introduction



Analysis



The Victorian Suffrage Campaign, 1866-97


Origins


Ideology


Internal divisions


Legislation proposed


Party loyalty


The 1890s revival


NUWSS formed



The Constitutional Societies, 1897-1910


The new Liberal Government


The Mud March


Internal tensions


Democratic suffragists


Organized anti-suffrage opposition


Scotland and Wales


Church and university societies



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



The NUWSS-Labour Alliance, 1910-14


The Conciliation Bill


Liberal women's reaction


Labour Party alliance


Election Fighting Fund Committee


Revolt against EFF policy



War and Suffrage Reform, 1914-18


Suffragists and the peace movement


Divisions within the NUWSS


The WSPU and the war


Equal or adult suffrage?


Suffrage reform revived


The Speaker's conference


Conservative opposition to reform


Suffrage deputation


The Representation of the People Bill



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






Conclusion



Documents


Glossary of Organisations


Who's Who


Guide to Further Reading


References


Index