Socialist Women

This fascinating new study examines the experiences of women involved in the socialist movement during its formative years in Britain and the active role they played in campaigning for the vote.

June Hannam is Reader in History at the University of the West of England in Bristol. Her publications include numerous articles on socialist and suffrage politics and a biography Isabella Ford, 1855-1924 (1989). Karen Hunt is Senior Lecturer in History at Manchester Metropolitan University. She has published widely on women's politics, particularly on aspects of the gendering of socialism, including Equivocal Feminists: The Social Democratic Federation and the Woman Question, 1884-1911 (1996).

Introduction, June Hannam, Karen Hunt; Chapter 1 Socialist Women, June Hannam, Karen Hunt; Chapter 2 Biographies and Political Journeys, June Hannam, Karen Hunt; Chapter 3 Constructing the Woman Question, June Hannam, Karen Hunt; Chapter 4 Mixed-Sex Politics, June Hannam, Karen Hunt; Chapter 5 Socialist Women and the Suffrage, June Hannam, Karen Hunt; Chapter 6 Socialist Women and a Politics of Consumption, June Hannam, Karen Hunt; Chapter 7 Socialist Women and Internationalism, June Hannam, Karen Hunt; Chapter 102 Conclusion, June Hannam, Karen Hunt;