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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453519703321

Autore

Jonsson Pernilla <1967->

Titolo

Gendered money : financial organization in women's movements, 1880-1933 / / Pernilla Jonsson and Silke Neunsinger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; Oxford, England : , : Berghahn Books, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

0-85745-272-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Collana

International Studies in Social History ; ; Volume 17

Disciplina

305.4209485

Soggetti

Feminism - Sweden - History

Socialist feminism - Sweden - History

First-wave feminism - Sweden

Women - Political activity - Sweden - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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 sociali