Ladies Elect : Women in English Local Government, 1865-1914

Name: Ladies Elect
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780198221579
Price: 13250 KES
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ISBN: 9780198221579

by Patricia Hollis

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0198221576

ISBN-13 9780198221579

Publisher Oxford University Press

Imprint Oxford University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jul 20th, 1989

Print length 566 Pages

Weight 708 grams

Dimensions 21.60 x 14.00 x 3.30 cms

Product Classification: United Kingdom, Great Britain 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 British & Irish history Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 Gender studies: women and girls Gender studies: women Indigenous people: governance and politics Regional government History European history

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Fifty years before the suffragettes fought to have the parliamentary vote, women in England were able to elect and be elected to local district councils, school boards, and Poor Law boards. This pioneering study explores the world of those women who held elected office, looking at the hostility they incited but also their success.

Fifty years before the suffragettes fought to have the parliamentary vote, women in England were able to elect and be elected to local district councils, school boards and Poor Law boards. This pioneering study explores the world of those women who held office on behalf of other women, children, the old and the sick. They faced widespread hostility, but such was their success that in many cities and counties they were a stronger presence in 1900 than in 1975. Local government offered that conjunction of "compulsory philanthropy", "municipal housekeeping" and local responsibility which made it a sphere suitable for women. Based on the records of some 20 towns and 10 rural districts, Ladies Elect describes and assesses their work in local government before 1914, and places it in the context of the general movement towards woman''s emancipation.

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