Prudent Revolutionaries: Portraits of British Feminists Between the Wars

ISBN-13: 9780198201199 / Angielski / Twarda / 1987 / 384 str.

Brian Harrison; A. Brian Harrison

Opis

This is the first major study of the diverse personalities, achievements, and tactics of British feminist leaders of the 1920s and 1930s. Presenting sketches of sixteen prominent but very different feminists, the author examines the breadth and scale of their activities, explains the organizational context and ancestry of feminism between the wars, and underlines the achievements of the feminist movement in advancing women's political, occupational, and family roles at home and abroad. Highlighting the lives of the first generation of voting women in Britain, Prudent Revolutionaries provides an insightful composite portrait of the reforming personality, and of the tactical and strategic dilemmas the reformers faced when trying to operate democratic institutions within a hostile climate.

Recenzje

'this book is exemplary in its use of oral sources: Harrison has spent an enormous amount of time patiently collecting useful information from his subjects, or those who knew them; but he never overrates the significance of this material, and always integrates it closely with all the other available source materials" Arthur Marwick, The Open University, The English Historical Review, January 1991