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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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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction: The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies before the First World War

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    Pages 1-14

  3. Response to War: August to October 1914

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    Pages 15-35

  4. Division Threatens

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    Pages 36-58

  5. Crucial Forum: The National Council, February 1915

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    Pages 59-72

  6. Disaffection and New Directions

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    Pages 73-82

  7. No Way Back

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    Pages 83-97

  8. Cutting Down the Election Fighting Fund

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    Pages 98-110

  9. Relations with Labour: Women’s War Work

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    Pages 111-120

  10. Separate Ways

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    Pages 121-131

  11. Back to the Franchise

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    Pages 132-142

  12. The Vote at Last

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    Pages 143-166

  13. Conclusions

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    Pages 167-176

  14. Epilogue

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    Pages 177-184

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 185-227
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About this book

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.

Reviews

'This is an excellent, innovative study that students will find invaluable as they progress beyond 1914 in their consideration of women and the franchise.' - Margaret Brown, The Historical Association

'Pacifists, Patriots and the Vote offers fresh and insightful answers to questions about the British women's movement during the Great War that Jo Vellacott was instrumental in reopening exactly thirty years ago.' - Marc Calvini-Lefebvre, Reviews in History

About the author

JO VELLACOTT is an independent historian, formerly Assistant Professor of Women's Studies at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Pacifists, Patriots and the Vote

  • Book Subtitle: The Erosion of Democratic Suffragism in Britain During the First World War

  • Authors: Jo Vellacott

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230592063

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2007

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-01335-3Published: 12 July 2007

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-28468-9Published: 01 January 2007

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-59206-3Published: 12 July 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 227

  • Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, Gender Studies, Clinical Psychology, Social History, Feminism, Modern History

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