Suffrage and Beyond: International Feminist Perspectives / Edition 1

by Caroline Daley

Overview

The 1980s and 1990s have seen an unprecedented emphasis on global feminism, on the connectedness of women regardless of race, class, or geography. And yet, the status and position of women throughout the world remains enormously disparate. Even so fundamental an issue as a woman's right to vote has been—and in many countries continues to be—hotly contested. How then have suffrage movements evolved? What are the similarities and differences in the manner in which women, in a range of different economic, religious, and political contexts, have sought the vote?
Bringing together such eminent scholars as Nancy Cott, Ellen Dubois, and Carole Pateman, Suffrage and Beyond offers a comprehensive look at the political history of suffrage on a global scale.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814718711
Publisher:	New York University Press
Publication date:	12/01/1994
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.86(d)

About the Author

Caroline Daley is Lecturer in the Department of History, University of Auckland. Melanie Nolan teaches Comparative Labor and Social History at Victoria University.

Editorial Reviews

The editors of this volume, scholars from Australia and New Zealand, provide a fascinating international perspective on woman suffrage. The issues discussed range from "suffrage with a French twist" to gender politics in Japan.

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