The matriarchs of England's cooperative movement : a study in gender politics and female leadership, 1883-1921 / Barbara J. Blaszak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blaszak, Barbara J.

Series:

Contributions in labor studies 0886-8239 ; no. 56.

Contributions in labor studies, 0886-8239 ; no. 56

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's Co-operative Guild.

Women in cooperative societies--Great Britain--History.

Women in cooperative societies.

Cooperation--Great Britain--History.

Cooperation.

Women--Employment--Great Britain--History.

Women.

Women--Employment.

History.

Great Britain.

Women's Co-operative Guild--History.

Physical Description:

x, 209 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.

Summary:

Examines the gender politics of the English Cooperative Movement between 1883 and 1921 and how it limited the accomplishments of the women leaders.

Contents:

Introduction: Women in the English Cooperative Movement 1

Part I. Women's Space/Women's Place

Chapter 1. The "Woman's Corner" of the Co-operative News 33

Chapter 2. The Gendered Geography of the Cooperative Movement 63

Part II. Angels in the Store

Chapter 3. The Early Leaders of the Women's Cooperative Guild 95

Chapter 4. Margaret Llewelyn Davies: A Woman with a Mission 115

Part III. The Dysfunctional Commonwealth

Chapter 5. Rent at the Seams: Sisterhood in the Women's Cooperative Guild 143

Chapter 6. The Battle between the Sexes in the Cooperative Movement 167

Conclusion: Contradictions and Conflicts 189.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-206) and index.

ISBN:

0313309957

OCLC:

42061132