Abstract/Summary

In this course, Dr Jacqui Turner (University of Reading) explores women in politics after the First World War. In the first lecture, we think about whether women could be considered to have citizenship in 1918. In the second lecture, we think about the impact of the First World War on women’s citizenship. In the third lecture, we think about the political landscape for women after 1918. Next, we think about the establishment of new feminism. In the fifth lecture, we think about some key feminist figures in the interwar people. In the sixth and final lecture, we think about the societal impact of the Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act of 1928.