Canadian Socialism and the Woman Question, 1900-1914
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3198362 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linda Kealey (Memorial University of Newfoundland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Pages | 77 |
| Publication date | 1984-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Labour / Le Travail (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0700-3862 • E-ISSN: 1911-4842 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/25140401 |
| OpenAlex | W1527251808 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
THIS PAPER EXAMINES WOMEN in the Canadian socialist movement to illuminate their role within the institutional life of the movement and to analyze the ideological dimensions of the woman question before 1914. Socialist adherence to the primacy of woman's role in the home and to the family wage ideal, as well as their ambivalence toward working women, and an undeveloped vision of woman's role under socialism — all served to reinforce a secondary role for women in socialist organizations. Suspicion of bourgeois women's organizations and of autonomous women's groups generally, hampered socialist women from assuming leadership roles with some notable exceptions. While socialist analysis pointed to the exploitation of women as both workers and wives and mothers, women's issues and organizations remained peripheral and subordinale to the main task of overthrowing capitalism. L'ARTICLE PORTE SUR LES FEMMES dans le mouvement socialiste canadien; il vise a analyser leur role a l'interieur du mouvement et a etudier la dimension ideologique des questions feminines avant 1914. L'adhesion des socialistes a l'idee que le role de la femme se situe d'abord a la maison et a l'ideal du salaire familial, aussi bien que leur ambivalence a l'egard du travail des femmes et le peu d'interet porte au role de la femme dans la societe socialiste — tous ces elements renforcent le role secondaire des femmes dans les organisations socialistes. Leur mefiance envers les associations de femmes bourgeoises et les groupes autonomes de femmes empeche generalement les femmes socialistes, a peu d'exceptions pres, d'assumer un role de leadership. Quoique les travaux des socialistes mettent en relief l'exploitation des femmes comme travailleuses, epouses et meres, les questions feminines restent marginales et subordonnees a l'objectif principal, soit le renversement du capitalisme
Communism · Political science · Politics · Socialism · Canadian Identity and History · Law
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 2013 (28) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |