Equivocal feminists

Description

Equivocal feminists takes a new look at the relationship between socialism and feminism in the years before the First World War. The book presents a detailed examination of a neglected organisation - the Social Democratic Federation (SDF), Britain's first Marxist party. It reassesses the history of the SDF, exploring for the first time SDF ideas and practice on issues such as marriage and 'free love', women and work, and the suffrage. It goes on to look at the party's attitudes to women as potential socialists, its understanding of women's politicisation, and the roles women took within the party. Dr Hunt shows how the SDF came to equivocate officially on the woman question and how this shaped what it meant to be a socialist woman in the following years.

First Sentence

The SDF's theoretical construction of the woman question was shaped by contemporary socialist arguments.

Excerpt

The SDF's theoretical construction of the woman question was shaped by contemporary socialist arguments.

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Other Editions

• Equivocal feminists: the Social Democratic Federation and the woman question, 1884-1911Cambridge University Press1996-01-01
• Equivocal FeministsCambridge University Press1996-01-01
• Equivocal FeministsPaperbackCambridge University Press2002-04-11
• Equivocal FeministsCambridge University Press2010-01-01
• Equivocal FeministsCambridge University Press2011-01-01