This collection of essays systematically explores how a sample of political groupings not based on suffrage reacted and accommodated the issue of suffrage within their official discourses and structures. This original approach shows their processes of organisation and adaptation as 'suffrage' brought in contentious issues along with new female members. Examining 'Suffrage outside Suffragism' leads not only to the heart and core of suffragism but also weaves the dynamics and versatilities of the Edwardian political fabric.

This book argues for the importance of bringing women and gender more directly into the dynamic field of exposition studies. Reclaiming women for the history of world fairs (1876-1937), it also seeks to introduce new voices into these studies, dialoguing across disciplinary and national historiographies.

From the outset, women participated not only as spectators, but also as artists, writers, educators, artisans and workers, without figuring among the organizers of international exhibitions until the 20th century. Their presence became more pointedly...