Women do not count, neither shall they be counted
Suffrage, Citizenship and the Battle for the 1911 Census
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 4495039 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Jill Liddington, Emily Crawford (0000-0001-6535-1790) |
| Año | 2011 |
| Volumen | 71 |
| Número | 1 |
| Páginas | 98-127 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2011-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | History Workshop Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1363-3554 • E-ISSN: 1477-4569 |
| Editorial | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/hwj/dbq064 |
| OpenAlex | W2171321420 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 4 |
| Referencias citadas | 6 |
The 1911 census, released in 2009, is of particular interest to historians. Additional columns recorded for the first time the number of years a woman had been married, her children still living and those who had died. Moreover, the census was taken at a time of heightened political momentum. The Liberal government pushed for ambitious welfare reforms; at the same time, the Votes for Women campaign was growing vigorously. Suffrage organizations decided to boycott the census in protest at women’s exclusion from the franchise.In this article we offer an assessment of the significance of that rebellion, based upon our database of 572 names across England; schedules are analyzed by occupation and family structure, suffrage organization and region. Our reading of suffrage historiography had led us to expect fairly high levels of census evasion and resistance. But our study suggests higher than expected levels of compliance. Why?This article examines the intellectual and political ‘battle for the census’ in spring 1911 – between women’s citizenship demands and reformers’ welfare agenda. One hundred years later, on the census centenary, the ingenuity of evaders and defiant statements of resisters still retain the power to inspire.
Ancient history · Battle · Census · Citizenship · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Suffrage · Demography · Gender Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History · Law
| Obras citantes distintas | 4 |
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| Citas por año | 0,29 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2012 - 2024 (13) |
| Velocidad de citación | recent |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 3 |