Title The militant suffrage movement : citizenship and resistance in Britain, 1860-1930 / Laura E. Nym Mayhall

Published [Oxford] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 218 pages) : illustrations Series OUP E-Books Contents Rethinking suffrage -- Gender, citizenship, and the liberal state, 1860-1899 -- The South African War and after, 1899-1906 -- Staging exclusion, 1906-1909 -- Resistance on trial, 1906-1912 -- Embodying citizenship, 1908-1914 -- The ethics of resistance, 1910-1914 -- At war with and for the state, 1914-1918 -- Fetishizing militancy, 1918-1930 Summary The image of upper-class women chaining themselves to the rails of 10 Downing Street, smashing windows of public buildings, and going on hunger strikes in the cause of "votes for women" have become visually synonomous with the British suffragette movement over the past century. Their story has become lore among feminists, in effect separating women's fight for voting rights from contemporary issues in British political history and disconnecting their militancy from other forms of political militancy in Britain in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Mayhall examines the strategies that suffragettes employed to challenge the definitions of citizenship in Britain. She examines the resistance origins within liberal political tradition, its emergence during Britain's involvement in the South African War, and its enactment as spectacle. Enlarging the study of the militant campaign for suffrage, Mayhall analyzes not only its implications for the social history of gender but also, and more importantly, its connections to British political and intellectual history Analysis Women - Suffrage - Great Britain - History Women's rights - Great Britain - History South African War, 1899-1902 Great Britain - Politics and government - 1837-1901 Great Britain - Politics and government - 1901-1936 Great Britain - History - Victoria, 1837-1901 Great Britain - History - Edward VII, 1901-1910 Great Britain - History - George V, 1910-1936 Transvaal (South Africa) - History - War of 1880-1881 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-208) and index Notes Print version record Subject Women -- Suffrage -- Great Britain -- History Women's rights -- Great Britain -- History South African War, 1899-1902. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections. Politics and government Women -- Suffrage Women's rights Frauenwahlrecht Militanz Politische Auseinandersetzung Suffragette Vrouwenkiesrecht. Vrouwenbeweging. Burgerschap. Femmes -- Droits -- Grande-Bretagne. Suffragettes -- Grande-Bretagne. Femmes -- Droit de vote -- Grande-Bretagne. SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056914 Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1901-1936. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056917 Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056823 Great Britain -- History -- Edward VII, 1901-1910. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056826 Great Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056827 Transvaal (South Africa) -- History -- War of 1880-1881. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85137096 Subject Great Britain South Africa -- Transvaal Großbritannien Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780195347838 0195347838 0195185633 9780195185638 0195159934 9780195159936

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