1st Edition
Sisterhood Questioned Race, Class and Internationalism in the American and British Women's Movements c. 1880s - 1970s
By Christine Bolt
Copyright 2004
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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This readable and informative survey, including both new research and synthesis, provides the first close comparison of race, class and internationalism in the British and American women's movements during this period. Sisterhood Questioned assesses the nature and impact of divisions in the twentieth century American and British women's movements.
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Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The setting, 1880s–1914; Chapter 3 The impact of the First World War; Chapter 4 Feminist internationalism and nationalism between the wars; Chapter 5 Feminism and race, 1920s–1930s; Chapter 6 Feminism and class during the interwar years; Chapter 7 The Second World War; Chapter 8 The post-war women's movements; Chapter 9 Conclusion; Notes; Index;
Biography
Christine Bolt is Emeritus Professor of American History at the University of Kent. Her books include The Anti-Slavery Movement and Reconstruction, Victorian Attitudes to Race, and The Women's Movements in the United States and Britain, from the 1790s to the 1920s.
'[The] main contribution of this book is its comparative approach, which brings much fresh insight into familiar areas of labour and socialist history ... An excellent general introduction.' – IRSH
