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The Scottish Suffragettes and the Press

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  • © 2017

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Authors:
  1. Sarah Pedersen

    1. School of Creative and Cultural Business, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

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  • Analyses the engagement of campaigners for women’s suffrage with the press in Scotland
  • Focuses on how Scottish women used the mainstream press to debate the suffrage issue
  • Provides a comprehensive overview of the suffrage issue in the Scottish press between 1903 and 1918

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media (PSHM)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Sarah Pedersen
    Pages 1-19

  3. The Situation in Scotland before the Arrival of the Suffragettes

    • Sarah Pedersen
    Pages 21-43

  4. The Early Years of the Suffragette Campaign – Watching from Scotland

    • Sarah Pedersen
    Pages 45-61

  5. First Phase of the Campaign in Scotland

    • Sarah Pedersen
    Pages 63-85

  6. A Scottish WSPU

    • Sarah Pedersen
    Pages 87-109

  7. Hunger-Strikers, Anti-Suffragists and Celebrity

    • Sarah Pedersen
    Pages 111-133

  8. Violent Militancy Comes to Scotland

    • Sarah Pedersen
    Pages 135-156

  9. Scottish Suffragettes during the War

    • Sarah Pedersen
    Pages 157-185

  10. Conclusions

    • Sarah Pedersen
    Pages 187-198

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 199-210
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About this book

This book approaches the Scottish women’s suffrage campaign from the point of view of the popular press. It investigates how the press engaged with the women’s suffrage movement; how suffragettes were portrayed in newspapers; and how different groups attempted to use the press to get their message into the public sphere. Scottish suffrage campaigners acknowledged the need for press coverage from the start of the campaign in the 1870s, but the arrival of the militant suffragettes completely transformed newspaper coverage. The Scottish newspapers were particularly interested in suffragette activities during local by-elections and their hounding of local anti-suffrage MPs such as Herbert Asquith. The book also investigates the impact of the First World War on the movement.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Creative and Cultural Business, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    Sarah Pedersen

About the author

Sarah Pedersen is Professor of Communication and Media at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK. Her research focuses on women’s engagement with the media, and she has published on this subject with reference to both historical and contemporary sources, including Edwardian newspapers, social media, online discussion sites and blogging.

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