1st Edition

Separate Spheres The Opposition to Women's Suffrage in Britain

By Brian Harrison Copyright 1978
274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

The British feminist movement has often been studied, but so far nobody has written about its opponents. Dr Harrison argues that British feminism cannot be understood without appreciating the strength and even the contemporary plausibility of ‘the Antis’, as the opponents of women’s suffrage were called. In a fully documented approach which combines political with social history, he unravels... Read more

Preface  1. Apologia  Part 1: The Anti-Suffrage Mind  2. The Political Spectrum  3. Complicating Factors  4. The Heart of the Matter  5. Clubland  Part 2: Organised Anti-Suffragism  6. Getting Launched  7. Cromer Takes Control  8. Shifting Public Opinion  9. Scoring off the Suffragettes  10. The Impact of War  11. Afterwards

Biography

Brian Harrison