ABSTRACT
The opposition of men to women's suffrage is well-known. However, men's support for women's suffrage is a neglected subject. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, over one thousand men were prepared to join societies and actively work for women's suffrage, whilst many other men offered support. The Men's Share?, edited by Angela John and Claire Eustance, examines who these men were, how they organized themselves and how they put pressure on the government.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |37 pages
Shared histories – differing identities
Introducing masculinities, male support and women's suffrage
chapter 2|26 pages
‘By all means let the ladies have a chance'
The Workman's Times, independent labour representation and women's suffrage, 1891–4
chapter 4|25 pages
Manliness and militancy
The political protest of male suffragists and the gendering of the ‘suffragette' identity
chapter 7|24 pages
Citizens, Scotsmen, ‘bairns'
Manly politics and women's suffrage in the Northern Men's Federation, 1913–20
