Physical Description
xii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents
British women and the three encounters: international, European, and fascist
Women's war on fascism
'Guilty women:' conspiracy and collusion
'Guilty women:' powers behind thrones
'To speak a few words of comfort to them:' conservative women's support for Chamberlain and appeasement
'Women are the best of friends of Mr Chamberlain's policy:' gendered representations of public opinion
'Anyway let's have peace:' women's expressions of opinion on appeasement
'Don't believe in foreigners:' the female franchise factor and the Munich by-elections
The women Churchillians and the politics of shame.
ISBN
9780230304291
023030429X
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-328) and index.
British women and the three encounters: international, European, and fascist -- Women's war on fascism -- 'Guilty women:' conspiracy and collusion -- 'Guilty women:' powers behind thrones -- 'To speak a few words of comfort to them:' conservative women's support for Chamberlain and appeasement -- 'Women are the best of friends of Mr Chamberlain's policy:' gendered representations of public opinion -- 'Anyway let's have peace:' women's expressions of opinion on appeasement -- 'Don't believe in foreigners:' the female franchise factor and the Munich by-elections -- The women Churchillians and the politics of shame.
