Labour Women: Women in British Working Class Politics, 1918–1939 - Softcover

Graves, Pamela M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521459192 ISBN 13: 9780521459198

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1994

Synopsis

Labour Women is a study of the first post-suffrage generation of women members in the Labour Party and the Co-operative movement. It looks at three areas where women had an impact on the development of British social democracy between 1918 and 1939: their struggles with the male leadership; their relations with middle class feminists; and their strong showing in community politics and local government. This book combines the political history of the national organizations and events, with a social history of working class families, schools and communities.

About this title

Book Description:

A study of the first post-suffrage generation of women members in the Labour Party and the Co-operative movement reviews their struggles with the male leadership, relations with middle class feminists, and strong showing in community politics and local government.

From the Back Cover:

Thousands of working-class women joined the Labour Party and Co-operative Movement in the tow decades after women won the right to vote in 1918. This book is about their struggle to find a place in the male world of organized labour politics.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0521459192
• ISBN 13: 9780521459198
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300