Fighting for the 'Privileges of Citizenship

The Young Women's Christian Association (Ywca), feminism and the women's movement, 1928-1945

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4735541
AutoresCharles Beaumont (0000-0003-1017-8059, Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, autor correspondente), Caitríona Beaumont
Ano2014
Volume23
Fascículo3
Páginas463-479
Data de publicação2014-05-04
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoWomen s History Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0961-2025 • E-ISSN: 1747-583X
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09612025.2013.820600
OpenAlexW2127442588
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2

In 1928 the YWCA welcomed the introduction of the universal suffrage by declaring that women in Britain were now entitled to the full political privileges of citizenship. This article will explore the way in which the YWCA, previously omitted from histories of the British women's movement, sought to educate and inform its members about the rights and duties of democratic citizenship. The involvement of the YWCA in citizenship education and its role in campaigning for the citizenship rights of women will be assessed, with a particular focus on workers rights and the appointment of women police. Despite its reluctance to be identified as overtly feminist, the YWCA was determined to ensure that women had access to social and economic rights within a democratic society. The article therefore argues that a new definition of the women's movement is required in order to uncover the full extent of female engagement in politics and public debate in the aftermath of the suffrage. © 2014 Taylor & Francis

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