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Women, Welfare and Local Politics, 1880-1920: ´We might be trusted´
Steven King
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Hardback. Offers a reappraisal of the role of women in the politics and practice of welfare in late Victorian and early Edwardian England. Using a working diary written by the activist and female poor law guardian Mary Haslam, this book portrays Bolton women as sophisticated political operators. Num Pages: 364 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJC; HBTB; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
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
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Number of Pages
364
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845190873
SKU
V9781845190873
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Ref
99-1
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: ´We might be trusted´
"...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.