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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453119403321

Autore

Bruley Sue.

Titolo

Leninism, Stalinism, and the women's movement in Britain, 1920-1939 / / Sue Bruley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-10417-X

1-299-44797-X

1-136-24853-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (607 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Women's history ; ; v. 8

Disciplina

324.2410975082

Soggetti

Women and socialism - Great Britain - History

Feminism - Great Britain - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in 1986"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Leninismstalinism; Table of Contents; List of abbreviations used; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter One The Inheritance: a survey of socialism and feminism in Britain until 1920; Appendix; Chapter Two Early Promises, August, 1920 - October, 1922; Chapter Three Women's Sections:progress or defeat? November, 1922 - December, 1925; Chapter Four "Women are our best men", January, 1926 - July, 1928; Chapter Five "No class can free you but your own" August, 1928 - December, 1932

Chapter Six Feminist cadres make an entrance, January, 1933 - December, 1935Chapter Seven Women against war and fascism, January, 1936 - September, 1939; Appendix to Chapters Six and Seven; Chapter Eight Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a detailed examination of the interaction between socialism and feminism through the lens of one particular socialist organisation, the Communist Party of Great Britain, from its foundation in 1920 until the outbreak of the Second World War. The study of socialism and feminism in the CPGB can be divided into four major areas - the party's concept of socialism and the role of women in a future society; the party's relationship to the feminist movement; the



work of the party in relation to specific women's issues; and how the sexual division of labour operated within t