Housewives in politics
Local pioneers in the Netherlands after the enfranchisement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12858617 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Margit van der Steen (Huygens Institute for History and Culture of the Netherlands, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 264-268 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-07 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Modern European History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1611-8944 • E-ISSN: 2631-9764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1611894420927226 |
| OpenAlex | W3032921282 |
| Language | EN |
A new group of politicians entered the stage after the introduction of universal suffrage: female politicians. Whereas the first women in Parliament received some attention, pioneers in regional bodies or local councils have mostly been overlooked. Who were these women who stood for election in their own town or village? Were these unmarried women, as one might expect due to the resistance towards married women entering politics? And how were these women perceived? These questions are central to this contribution about female pioneers in local politics in the Netherlands (1919-1923)
Political science · Politics · Gender Politics and Representation · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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