Author: Karen Hunt
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780511000768
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work examines the relationship between socialism and feminism in the years before World War I through an examination of the Social Democratic Federation (SDF), Britain's first Marxist party. It reassesses the history of the SDF, exploring SDF ideas and practice on issues such as marriage and free love, women and work, and the suffrage, as well as the attitudes taken to women and their potential as socialists. Dr Hunt shows how the SDF came to officially equivocate on the woman question and how this shaped what it meant to be a socialist woman in the following years. Through this examination of the links and antagonisms between the feminist and socialist movements, Dr Hunt not only reclaims the history of a forgotten group of socialist women, but also opens up the perennial debate about the comparative significance of sex and class in defining political identity.
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Download or read book Equivocal Feminists written by Karen Hunt and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work examines the relationship between socialism and feminism in the years before World War I through an examination of the Social Democratic Federation (SDF), Britain's first Marxist party. It reassesses the history of the SDF, exploring SDF ideas and practice on issues such as marriage and free love, women and work, and the suffrage, as well as the attitudes taken to women and their potential as socialists. Dr Hunt shows how the SDF came to officially equivocate on the woman question and how this shaped what it meant to be a socialist woman in the following years. Through this examination of the links and antagonisms between the feminist and socialist movements, Dr Hunt not only reclaims the history of a forgotten group of socialist women, but also opens up the perennial debate about the comparative significance of sex and class in defining political identity.