LEADER 03959nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910461419103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-20612-9 010 $a9786613206121 010 $a1-4411-4900-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000106446 035 $a(EBL)742455 035 $a(OCoLC)741690107 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000526634 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12231456 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000526634 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10521087 035 $a(PQKB)10874467 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC742455 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL742455 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10488160 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL320612 035 $a(OCoLC)893335532 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000106446 100 $a20101014d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aWomen and citizenship in Britain and Ireland in the twentieth century$b[electronic resource] $ewhat difference did the vote make? /$fedited by Esther Breitenbach and Pat Thane 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cContinuum$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4411-1196-4 311 $a0-8264-3749-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [227]-234) and index. 327 $aContents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Women and political participation in England, 1918-1970; 3 'Providing an opportunity to exercise their energies': the role of the Labour Women's Sections in shaping political identities, South Wales, 1918-1939; 4 Count up to twenty-one: Scottish women in formal politics, 1918-1990; 5 Scottish women's organizations and the exercise of citizenship c. 1900-c. 1970; 6 The 'women element in politics': Irish women and the vote, 1918-2008 327 $a7 'Aphrodite rising from the Waves'? Women's voluntary activism and the women's movement in twentieth-century Ireland8 Conflicting rights: the struggle for female citizenship in Northern Ireland; 9 'Apathetic, parochial, conservative'? Women, e?lite and mass politics from 1979 to 2009; 10 Feminist politics in Scotland from the 1970's to 2000's: engaging with the changing state; 11 Women and political representation in post-devolution Scotland: high time or high tide?; 12 Devolution, citizenship and women's political representation in Wales 327 $a13 The refuge movement and domestic violence policies in Wales Selected bibliography; Index 330 $aThe continuing under-representation of women in political and public life remains a matter of concern across a wide range of countries, including the UK and Ireland. Within the UK it is a topical issue as political parties currently debate strategies, often controversial, which will increase women's representation. At the same time, devolution has ushered in significant change in the level of women's representation in Scotland and Wales and improved representation for women in Northern Ireland. That such increases in women's representation in political institutions have been slow in coming is... 606 $aCitizenship$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCitizenship$zIreland$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWomen's rights$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWomen's rights$zIreland$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCitizenship$xHistory 615 0$aCitizenship$xHistory 615 0$aWomen's rights$xHistory 615 0$aWomen's rights$xHistory 676 $a323.340941 701 $aThane$b Pat$0218341 701 $aBreitenbach$b Esther$0951671 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461419103321 996 $aWomen and citizenship in Britain and Ireland in the twentieth century$92443420 997 $aUNINA