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Introduction: Women’s Movements and Female Activists in the Aftermath of War: International Perspectives 1918-1923
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Sharp, Ingrid; Stibbe, Matthew - Introduction: Women’s Movements and Female Activists in the Aftermath of War: International Perspectives 1918-1923



Keywords:

female activists | Joan Scott | political rights | women's contribution

ISFWWS-Keywords:

Women and War | General | Legacy | Politics | Gender | Home fronts

Abstract:

This chapter gives an account of the role played by organised women and female activists in the aftermath of war, and addresses the question identified by Joan Scott in her essay for the seminal volume Behind the Lines (1987), asking not simply what impact…

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Sharp, Ingrid and Stibbe, Matthew, “Introduction: Women’s Movements and Female Activists in the Aftermath of War: International Perspectives 1918-1923”, in: Brill’s Digital Library of World War I. Consulted online on 10 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2352-3786_dlws1_nij9789004191723_i_432_8>
First published online: 2015



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