"The truest form of patriotism" : pacifist feminism in Britain, 1870-1902 / Heloise Brown.
Material type: TextSeries: Gender in historyPublisher: Manchester ; Manchester University Press ; 2003Distributor: New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2003Description: 1 online resource (viii, 199 pages)Content type:- text
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- Feminism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Women pacifists -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Pacifism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Society and social sciences
- Society and culture: general
- Social issues and processes
- Feminism and feminist theory
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory
- HISTORY -- Social History
- Feminism
- Pacifism
- Women pacifists
- Great Britain
- 1800-1899
- Multi-User
- Victorian
- Feminism
- Pacifism
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-194) and index.
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Introduction: Pacifism and feminism in Victorian Britain -- The physical force objection to women's suffrage -- 'The women of the whole world form ... a unity': feminist journals and peace questions -- 'Conspicuous' philanthropists: nonconformist religion in nineteenth-century pacifism -- 'The antagonism of sex': the Peace Society and women -- Priscilla Peckover and the 'truest form of patriotism' -- Ellen Robinson: ' "United action" in Continental politics' -- 'Unity is strength': the International Arbitration and Peace Association.
Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction: Pacifism and feminism in Victorian Britain; 1 The physical force objection to women's suffrage; 2 'The women of the whole world form ... a unity': feminist journals and peace questions; 3 'Conspicuous' philanthropists: nonconformist religion in nineteenth-century pacifism; 4 'The antagonism of sex': the Peace Society and women; 5 Priscilla Peckover and the 'truest form of patriotism'; 6 Ellen Robinson: ' "United action" in Continental politics'; 7 'Unity is strength': the International Arbitration and Peace Association.
This fascinating book explores the pervasive influence of pacifism on Victorian feminism. Drawing on previously unused source material, it provides an account of Victorian women who campaigned for peace and the many feminists who incorporated pacifist ideas into their writing on women and gender.
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