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Ladies Elect - Women in English Local Government, 1865-1914 (Paperback, New edition)
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Ladies Elect - Women in English Local Government, 1865-1914 (Paperback, New edition)
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Fifty years before the suffragettes fought to have the
parliamentary vote, women in England were able to elect and be
elected to local district councils, school boards and Poor Law
boards. This pioneering study explores the world of those women who
held office on behalf of other women, children, the old and the
sick. They faced widespread hostility, but such was their success
that in many cities and counties they were a stronger presence in
1900 than in 1975. Local government offered that conjunction of
"compulsory philanthropy", "municipal housekeeping" and local
responsibility which made it a sphere suitable for women. Based on
the records of some 20 towns and 10 rural districts, Ladies Elect
describes and assesses their work in local government before 1914,
and places it in the context of the general movement towards
woman's emancipation.
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