Gendered Spaces and Political Identity
Debating societies in English women's colleges, 1890-1914
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4347691 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah Wiggin, Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins (Bridgepoint (United Kingdom), corresponding author), Sarah Wiggins |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 737-752 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women s History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-2025 • E-ISSN: 1747-583X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09612020903282068 |
| OpenAlex | W1999549227 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, debating political questions in spaces like the Oxford and Cambridge University Unions proved inspirational for ‘Oxbridge’ men, but these doors were closed to women. Although women were denied full membership to these Unions, female students practiced the art of debate in political and debating societies created within their own colleges. This article chronicles the construction of a political education for women through the use of debating societies in women’s colleges at Oxford and Cambridge universities and the University of London. Women’s active participation in these societies suggests that female students were not only claiming and redefining public space, but were also establishing a collegiate political identity
Aesthetics · Art · Doors · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2021 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |