Causes in Common
Welsh Women and the Struggle for Social Democracy
1st Edition
Published on 15. April 2022
192 pages
978-1-78683-856-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book tells the compelling and revealing story of the women's movement in modern Wales. Its panoramic sweep takes the reader on a journey from the nineteenth-century campaigns in support of democracy and the right to vote, and in opposition to slavery, through to the construction of the labour movement in the twentieth century, and on to the more recent demands for sexual liberation and LGBTQ+ rights. At its core is the argument that the Welsh women's movement was committed to social democracy, rather than to liberal or conservative alternatives, and that material conditions were the central motivation of those women involved. Drawing on an array of sources, some of which appear in print for the first time, this is a vivid portrait of women who, out of a struggle for equality, individually and collectively, became political activists, grassroots journalists, members of councils and parliaments, and inspirational community leaders.
More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Wales
United Kingdom
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
No
ISBN-13
978-1-78683-856-8 (9781786838568)
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Book
04/2022
University of Wales Press
€38.59
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Person
Daryl Leeworthy is the Rhys Davies Trust Research Fellow at Swansea University.
Content
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Women and Politics Before the Vote
2. A Women's Labour Party
3. Between the Acts
4. Against Austerity and War
5. Raising Consciousness
6. Women's Liberation, Now!
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index
Introduction
1. Women and Politics Before the Vote
2. A Women's Labour Party
3. Between the Acts
4. Against Austerity and War
5. Raising Consciousness
6. Women's Liberation, Now!
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index
