Going on with our little movement in the hum drum-way which alone is possible in a land like this

Olive Schreiner and suffrage networks in Britain and South Africa, 1905-1913

Bibliographic Data

ID3164243
AuthorsHelen Dampier (0000-0001-6934-8978, Leeds Beckett University, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume25
Issue4
Pages536-550
Publication date2016-07-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWomen s History Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0961-2025 • E-ISSN: 1747-583X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09612025.2015.1114319
OpenAlexW2328249891
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited5

This article explores the letters of South African feminist writer Olive Schreiner (1855–1920) to illuminate connections and tensions between suffrage movements in the imperial metropole and on the colonial periphery. Schreiner's letters shed fascinating light on how she used her contacts in the global suffrage movement to advance local suffrage work. They indicate key differences Schreiner identified between the British and South African suffrage movements, including that the latter should be focused on educating women to want the vote. Schreiner's emphasis on universal suffrage also brought her into conflict with local suffrage organisations which were willing to accept a racial franchise, and also with key figures in the international suffrage movement

Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Colonialism · Franchise · Hum · Performance art · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Suffrage · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History · Law

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