Women and the Vote

The first genuinely global history of how women won the vote - written by a man. A book with controversial conclusions.

Informationen zum Autor
Jad Adams is an independent historian specializing in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He is a Research Fellow at the Institute of English, School of Advanced Study, University of London, and a Fellow of the Institute of Historical Research. His books include major biographies of Tony Benn, of Gandhi, and a composite biography of the Nehru dynasty. A frequent reviewer books for national publications, he lives in London and on the Greek island of Leros.

Klappentext
The first genuinely global history of how women won the vote - written by a man. A book with controversial conclusions.

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; 1 Democracy before Democracy; 2 The Rights of Man; 3 Early British Radicals; 4 Rise of the Middle Class Campaigner; 5 New Found Rights in New Found Lands; 6 'In with our women' in the Western US; 7 Out of the Doll's House in Scandinavia; 8 Lobbyists to Militants in Britain; 9 Victory and Disenfranchisement in the US; 10 Who Won Votes from the War?; 11 The Pope and the Vote - Catholic Europe; 12 Latin American Mothers of the Nation; 13 The Enfranchisement of the East; 14 Africa and the Cold War; 15 The Veiled Vote; Conclusion; Appendix 1: The Strange Case of Switzerland; Appendix 2: Chronology of Women's Suffrage; Notes; Index



This is global history at its most riveting. Starting in Cheyenne (Wyoming, USA) and finishing in Appenzell-Inner Rhoden (Switzerland), Jad Adams leads us through the world showing how women and their male allies fought against incredible odds to win the right to vote. Their struggles are not only inspirational; they tell us a great deal about the importance of local contexts as well as international solidarity.

Autorentext
Jad Adams is an independent historian specializing in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He is a Research Fellow at the Institute of English, School of Advanced Study, University of London, and a Fellow of the Institute of Historical Research. His books include major biographies of Tony Benn, of Gandhi, and a composite biography of the Nehru dynasty. A frequent reviewer books for national publications, he lives in London and on the Greek island of Leros.





Inhalt
Introduction
1: Democracy before Democracy
2: The Rights of Man
3: Early British Radicals
4: Rise of the Middle Class Campaigner
5: New Found Rights in New Found Lands
6: 'In with our women' in the Western US
7: Out of the Doll's House in Scandinavia
8: Lobbyists to Militants in Britain
9: Victory and Disenfranchisement in the US
10: Who Won Votes from the War?
11: The Pope and the Vote - Catholic Europe
12: Latin American Mothers of the Nation
13: The Enfranchisement of the East
14: Africa and the Cold War
15: The Veiled Vote
Conclusion
Appendix 1: The Strange Case of Switzerland
Appendix 2: Chronology of Women's Suffrage
Notes
Index

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