Women’s Organisations, Active Citizenship, and the Peace Movement: New Perspectives on Female Activism in Britain, 1918-1939
Journal article
Beaumont, C. (2020). Women’s Organisations, Active Citizenship, and the Peace Movement: New Perspectives on Female Activism in Britain, 1918-1939. Diplomacy & Statecraft. 31 (4), pp. 697-721. https://doi.org/10.1080/09592296.2020.1842063
Authors | Beaumont, C. |
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Abstract | The history of women’s engagement in the interwar peace movement has focused primarily on feminist pacifists, individuals who participated in both the women’s suffrage movement and the peace movement. Much less attention has been given to the peace activism of voluntary women’s groups who did not self-identify as feminist but who were equally committed to the preservation of peace. This article explores the contribution of three women’s organisations, the National Council of Women, the Women’s Institutes and the Young Women’s Christian Association, to the interwar peace movement. Their involvement not only reveals the extent of their anti-war activism, but calls into question long-held assumptions about what motivated women to engage in the campaign for peace. This re-evaluation of female peace activism provides new insights into the varied reasons why women wanted peace and challenges the belief that anti-war activism weakened the women’s movement during the interwar years. |
Keywords | Political Science and International Relations; Sociology and Political Science; History |
Year | 2020 |
Journal | Diplomacy & Statecraft |
Journal citation | 31 (4), pp. 697-721 |
Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
ISSN | 0959-2296 |
1557-301X | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/09592296.2020.1842063 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 29 Dec 2020 |
01 Oct 2020 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 23 Mar 2020 |
Deposited | 09 May 2020 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Controlled |
https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/89605
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