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Women, Welfare and Local Politics, 1880-1920
Steven King
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Description for Women, Welfare and Local Politics, 1880-1920
Paperback. Focusing on the Lancashire mill town of Bolton, this book traces the emergence of a core of female social and political activists from the 1860s and analyses their achievements as they rose from the humble origins of a workhouse visiting committee to become pivotal players in the formulation and implementation of local welfare policy after 1894. Num Pages: 364 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Held back by the property qualifications needed to vote and stand as candidates in a range of local elections, female activists and feminists nonetheless formed local pressure groups to make their voices heard. When the property qualification was removed in the 1890s, they staked their claim to a formal engagement in public life, and by the early 20th century there were over 1000 female poor law Guardians. This book offers a reappraisal of the role of women in the politics and practice of welfare in late Victorian and early Edwardian England. Focusing on the Lancashire mill town of Bolton, it ... Read more
Held back by the property qualifications needed to vote and stand as candidates in a range of local elections, female activists and feminists nonetheless formed local pressure groups to make their voices heard. When the property qualification was removed in the 1890s, they staked their claim to a formal engagement in public life, and by the early 20th century there were over 1000 female poor law Guardians. This book offers a reappraisal of the role of women in the politics and practice of welfare in late Victorian and early Edwardian England. Focusing on the Lancashire mill town of Bolton, it ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
364
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
544g
Number of Pages
364
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845194130
SKU
V9781845194130
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Ref
99-50
About Steven King
Steven King is Professor of History and Director of the Centre for Health, Medicine and Society at Oxford Brookes University. He publishes widely on the history of British and European welfare, 1700-1920.
Reviews for Women, Welfare and Local Politics, 1880-1920
"...an interesting local and biographical study..."
Pat Thane, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, in The English Historical Review, CXXIII, no 501, April 2008.
Pat Thane, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, in The English Historical Review, CXXIII, no 501, April 2008.