Progressivism in Britain and Abroad

Gutzke, David W.

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“…134 A notorious anti-Semite and anti-alienist (affiliations not uncommon among Progressives), Wilkins acted as private secretary to Lord Dunraven, the chairman of the House of Lords Commission into the Sweated Trades. 135 In the course of his labours, Wilkins had conducted personal research into the lives of the needlewomen of the East End of London, and presented a summary of his work to the WEU's 1893 conference. His paper, 'The Bitter Cry of the Voteless Toilers', put forward an appeal not only for the enfranchisement of the middle classes but of the 'weak, disorganised, underpaid and overworked' mothers of the masses.…”

Section: A New Instrument: the Weu's Labours And Philosophymentioning

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The Women's Emancipation Union and Radical‐Feminist Politics in Britain, 1891–99

Wright

2010

Gender & History

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This paper considers the ideals and activism of the fin de siècle feminist organisation, the Women's Emancipation Union (WEU). Active between 1891 and 1899, the WEU held a prophetic vision of the future and an appraisal of women's subjection more comprehensive than any contemporary feminist group. Members were the first to link the possession by women of their bodily autonomy directly to the acquisition of the parliamentary vote, and thus redefined the terms upon which citizenship was constructed. One member raised the matter of armed insurrection in support of the women's franchise, an issue which would have serious implications for the future of suffragist campaigns. The political roots of WEU members lay chiefly within the utopian‐socialist and Radical‐liberal traditions, but it was an organisation which resisted party‐political allegiance to become anchored in the Progressive movement. Adopting what has been defined as the ‘muckraking’ tradition associated with Progressive authorship, the WEU suffragists constructed a rhetoric of resistance to women's subjection from social, sexual, economic and political standpoints. Many points they raised, including for a woman's right to consent to maternity to be enshrined in law, were to become the bedrock of the philosophy of the militant suffragette movement.

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Section: A New Instrument: the Weu's Labours And Philosophymentioning

confidence: 99%

The Women's Emancipation Union and Radical‐Feminist Politics in Britain, 1891–99

Wright

2010

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Progressivism in Britain and Abroad

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The Women's Emancipation Union and Radical‐Feminist Politics in Britain, 1891–99

The Women's Emancipation Union and Radical‐Feminist Politics in Britain, 1891–99

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