Divided sisterhood? Nationalist feminism and feminist militancy in England and Ireland

The generally accepted story is that British militant suffragists performed an unexpected and abrupt move away from the feminist movement and towards a fiercely jingoistic nationalist campaign once the war began in 1914. Yet, given the nature of exchanges between Irish and British militant feminists...

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Published inContemporary British history Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 448 - 469
Main Author Crozier-De Rosa, Sharon
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 02.10.2018
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Campaigns
English nationalism
European history
Feminism
feminist militancy
Irish nationalism
Militancy
Nationalism
Politics
Suffrage
transnational feminism
Voting rights
Ireland
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Summary:The generally accepted story is that British militant suffragists performed an unexpected and abrupt move away from the feminist movement and towards a fiercely jingoistic nationalist campaign once the war began in 1914. Yet, given the nature of exchanges between Irish and British militant feminists, Irish feminists should not have been surprised by this turn from gender solidarity to English nationalism. In this article, I argue that Irish-British militant feminist entanglements worked to expose the powerful role that English nationalism played in suffrage politics at a time when nearly all the focus was on the disruptive influence of Irish nationalism.
ISSN:1361-9462
1743-7997
DOI:10.1080/13619462.2018.1519415