Title Women and the Orange Order : female activism, diaspora and empire in the British world, 1850-1940 / D.A.J. MacPherson

Published Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource Contents Front matter -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 England -- 2 Scotland -- 3 Canada -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index Summary Women and the Orange Order examines the growth and activism of Orange women in England, Scotland and Canada since the mid-nineteenth century and argues that they were central to the development of Orange associational culture up to the Second World War. This study also explores how women were key participants in the formation of diasporic connections throughout the British world, building on links created by migration and the Empire. It reveals that the ordinary - and largely working-class - women who joined the Orange Order eagerly engaged in the public lives of their communities, in conservative politics and in upholding the ideologies of the British Empire.In its examination of gender, ethnicity, class and imperialism, Women and the Orange Order will appeal to readers interested in the history of the Irish diaspora, women's public activism and the British Empire Analysis Battle of the Diamond British imperial identity Canada Catholics England Irish Protestant society Irish politics Irish sectarian violence LOBA Orange Order Orange sisters Protestantism Scotland anti-Catholic bulwark diasporic networks masculinist brotherhood migration political activism public work working-class women Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-224) and index Subject Orange Order -- History SUBJECT Orange Order fast Subject Women -- Political activity -- Great Britain -- History SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General. Women -- Political activity Great Britain Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 1526113554 9781526113559 9781526113566 1526113562

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