Tea and Suffrage
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12799793 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jessica Ellen Sewell (0000-0002-4019-0609, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 487-507 |
| Publication date | 2008-11-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Food Culture & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1552-8014 • E-ISSN: 1751-7443 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2752/175174408x389148 |
| OpenAlex | W2029651560 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This article explores the special relationship between tea and woman suffrage in the early twentieth century. It examines the use of tea by varied suffragists in the California woman suffrage campaign of 1911, showing how and why suffragists used tea as a tool for gaining the vote and why tea held a privileged position as a suffrage food. It explores the meanings and uses of tea in the United States at the turn of the century and argues that the feminine, domestic, and refined associations of tea made it particularly useful for suffragists. It shows how tea was extensively used by suffragists, who served it and sold it in aid of the cause, in order to make a claim for their domesticity and refinement, even as they made relatively radical political claims and fought a popular image of mannish, extremist suffragettes.Keywords: gendersuffrageteaactivism
Economics · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Suffrage · Tea party · American History and Culture · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2024 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |