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.
• Cooperation--Great Britain--History.
• Women--Employment--Great Britain--History.
• Women--Employment.
• History.
• Cooperation.
• Women in cooperative societies.
• 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