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Author Jonsson, Pernilla

Title Gendered Money : Financial Organization in Women's Movements, 1880-1933
Published Berghahn Books, 2011

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Contents Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations -- Swedish Terms -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- The Fredrika Bremer Association 1884-1925 -- Chapter 2 -- A 'Bourgeois' Pioneer's Purse -- Chapter 3 -- Human Resources in the Fredrika Bremer Association -- Chapter 4 -- Social Democratic Women -- Chapter 5 -- The Price of Turning Women into Socialists -- Chapter 6 -- Human Resources in Social Democratic Women's Organizations -- Conclusion -- Gendered Money -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary As economic citizenship was a pre-condition of full citizenship, the lack of economic autonomy was an important motivation during the early stages of the women's movement. Independent of their class background, women had less access to not only financial resources but also social and cultural capital, i.e., member's commitment. Resources are therefore of particular interest from a gender perspective, and this book sheds light on the importance of resources for women's struggles for political rights. Highlighting the financial strategies of the first wave of Swedish middle-class and socialist
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Subject Feminism -- Sweden -- History
Socialist feminism -- Sweden -- History
First-wave feminism -- Sweden
Women -- Political activity -- Sweden -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
Feminism
First-wave feminism
Socialist feminism
Women -- Political activity
Sweden
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1306547997
9781306547994
9780857452726
085745272X