ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book explores the gendered nature of domestic production, legal status, and political leadership from 1880 to 1910. It introduces women's labor activism, work stoppages, and the linkages women labor activists made between labor protest and the political movement. The book examines mission education for females. The limited amount of western education available caused constant friction over the small number of schools and the restricted curriculum offered. The book includes data from women who sided with the missionaries as well as those who opposed them. It discusses the growth of political associations and women's relations with them. The book examines women's participation in the Mau Mau rebellion and how that involvement created a real change in colonial social policy.
