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For Women, For Wales and For Liberalism: Women in Liberal Politics in Wales, 1880-1914
Author(s): Ursula Masson (Author)
- Publisher: University of Wales Press
- Publication Date: 26 Feb. 2010
- Language: English
- Print length: 224 pages
- ISBN-10: 0708322530
- ISBN-13: 9780708322536
Book Description
This book explores the neglected history of women who were active in Liberal politics, campaigning for women s rights, the vote, and a full role for women in Welsh public life, at the end of the nineteenth century, and before the First World War. The over-arching argument of the book is that Welsh women s Liberal politics was distinctive, in its attempt to integrate an understanding of Liberalism which they shared with their English counterparts, and which included the aim of full equality for women, with a distinctively Welsh political agenda, and constructions of Welsh national identity. These constructions sometimes included a positive view of women in the nation, but in times of political crisis redefined gender on a more reactionary model.
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About the Author
Dr Ursula Masson, deceased, was based at the University of Glamorgan.
