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Women in the labour movement : the British experience

Title
Women in the labour movement : the British experience / edited by Lucy Middleton ; foreword by James Callaghan.
Publication
  • London : Croom Helm ; Totowa, New Jersey : Rowman and Littlefield, 1977.
  • Trowbridge ; Esher : Redwood Burn Limited
  • ©1977

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Additional Authors
  • Middleton, Lucy
  • Callaghan, James, 1912-2005
Description
221 pages; 23 cm
Summary
Monograph on the historical struggle of women in the UK for political participation in the socialist political party, in trade unions, and in the cooperative movement - covers social participation of women, the struggle for women's rights, etc. Bibliography pp. 191 to 193.
Subject
  • Labour Party (Great Britain) > History
  • Labour Party (Great Britain)
  • Women > Political activity > History. > Great Britain
  • Women labor union members > Great Britain > History
  • Women in the labor movement > Great Britain > History
  • Women in the labor movement
  • Women labor union members
  • Women > Political activity
  • history
  • women
  • political participation
  • socialist
  • political party
  • trade union
  • cooperative movement
  • social participation
  • womens rights
  • Women > Political activity > Great Britain
  • histoire
  • femmes
  • participation politique
  • socialiste
  • parti politique
  • syndicat
  • mouvement coopératif
  • participation sociale
  • droits de la femme
  • historia
  • mujeres
  • participación política
  • socialista
  • partido político
  • sindicato
  • movimiento cooperativo
  • participación social
  • derechos de la mujer
  • Great Britain
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord
  • Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte
Genre/Form
  • History
  • bibliography.
  • bibliographie.
  • bibliografía.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-193) and index.
Contents
Foreword / James Callaghan -- Chronology of events -- Introduction / Sheila Lochhead -- The early years. Women in Labour politics / Lucy Middleton -- Labour women and the social services / Sheila Ferguson -- The contribution of the Women's Labour League to the winning of the franchise / Margherita Rendel -- Labour women and internationalism / Mary Walker -- Early years in the trade unions / Anne Godwin -- Women and cooperation / Jean Gaffin -- The movement today. Women in the Labour Party / Oonagh McDonald -- Women in trade unions / Margaret McCarthy -- Women in parliament and government / Maeve Denby -- Bibliography -- Appendices -- Biographical notes -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.
ISBN
  • 0874719429
  • 9780874719420
  • 0856644722
  • 9780856644726
LCCN
76054160
OCLC
  • ocm02984901
  • 2984901
  • SCSB-2043680
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library