Sacred year or broken reed? The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4349169 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Takayanagi (0000-0002-3775-1313, Parliamentary Archives, Houses of Parliament, London, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 563-582 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| 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 | 10.1080/09612025.2019.1702782 |
| OpenAlex | W2996333236 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The Sex Disqualification (Removal Act 1919) enabled women to enter some professions including law for the first time. Virginia Woolf calls 1919 a ‘sacred year’ because of this Act in her later essay ‘Three Guineas’. However, the historical literature largely considers the act to be a ‘broken reed’, focussing on its failure to equalise the franchise, remove the marriage bar or to enable women to sit in the House of Lords. This article argues that such negative verdicts fail to take into account the political and Parliamentary situation in 1919 and overlooks the genuine achievements of the Act
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |