Colonial Politics and Women's Rights
Woman Suffrage Campaigns in Bengal, British India in the 1920s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3622752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barbara Southard (University of Puerto Rico System, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 397-439 |
| Publication date | 1993-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-749X • E-ISSN: 1469-8099 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0026749x00011549 |
| OpenAlex | W2097665476 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 7 |
The historian Geraldine Forbes, writing on the origins of the woman suffrage movement in India, stated: 'the firm insistence of organized women-that they be treated as equals of men on the franchise issue-emerged not from the perceptions of the needs of the women in India, but as the result of the influence of certain British women, in the case of the first demand for the franchise, 1917, and as a response to the nationalist movement, in the case of the second demand for franchise, 1927-33
BENGAL · Business · Colonialism · Franchise · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Suffrage · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2022 (27) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |