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Rethinking right-wing women
Gender and the Conservative Party, 1880s to the present
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2017
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Rethinking Right-Wing Women explores the institutional structures for and the representations, mobilisation, and the political careers of women in the British Conservative Party since the late 19th century. From the Primrose League (est.1883) to Women2Win (est.2005), the party has exploited women’s political commitment and their social power from the grass-roots to the heights of the establishment. Yet, although it is the party that extended the equal franchise, had the first woman MP to sit Parliament, and produced the first two women Prime Ministers, the UK Conservative Party has developed political roles for women that jar with feminist and progressive agendas. Conservative women have tended to be more concerned about the fulfilment of women’s duties than the realisation of women’s rights. This book tackles the ambivalences between women’s politicisation and women’s emancipation in the history of Britain’s most electorally successful and hegemonic political party.
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Contributor: Clarisse Berthezène
Clarisse Berthezène is a Lecturer at the University of Paris Diderot
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'The ability of this volume to cover the vast span of time with depth and detail makes it a vital addition for anyone trying to understand the Conservative Party and the women within it. This edited volume gives readers insight into the right-wing women often ignored given the growing connection of women with left-leaning parties. It is particularly timely given the rise in right-wing politics globally. The volume has a little bit for everyone, whether interested in specific Conservative women, the history and nature of the party, or how it has adapted to changing cultural times.'
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Front matter
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Contents
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List of figures and tables
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Notes on contributors
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction
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1 ‘Open the eyes of England’
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2 Christabel Pankhurst
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3 At the heart of the party?
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4 Conservative women and the Primrose League’s struggle for survival, 1914–32
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5 Modes and models of Conservative women’s leadership in the 1930s
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6 The middlebrow and the making of a ‘new common sense’
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7 Churchill, women, and the politics of gender
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8 ‘The statutory woman whose main task was to explore what women …were likely to think’
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9 Conservatism, gender and the politics of everyday life, 1950s–1980s
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10 Feminist responses to Thatcher and Thatcherism
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11 The (feminised) contemporary Conservative Party
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12 Conserving Conservative women
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13 Women2Win and the feminisation of the UK Conservative Party
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Index
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9781526125194
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Keywords for this book
British conservatism; Christabel Pankhurst; Conservative Century; Conservative Party; Conservative women; cross-class language; cultural dominance; Edwardian Britain; electoral culture; female conservatism; female unionism; gender inclusive approach; Lady Iveagh; National Union of Conservative Associations; political machinations; politics of gender; Primrose League; suffrage organization; Tory Party; Women's Social and Political Union; British conservatism; Christabel Pankhurst; Conservative Century; Conservative Party; Conservative women; cross-class language; cultural dominance; Edwardian Britain; electoral culture; female conservatism; female unionism; gender inclusive approach; Lady Iveagh; National Union of Conservative Associations; political machinations; politics of gender; Primrose League; suffrage organization; Tory Party; Women's Social and Political Union
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
