Socialist Women and the Great War, 1914-21: Protest, Revolution and Commemoration

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Professor Ingrid Sharp (University of Leeds, UK) Professor Matthew Stibbe (Professor of Modern European History, Sheffield Hallam University, UK)

Socialist Women and the Great War, 1914-21

Protest, Revolution and Commemoration

Professor Ingrid Sharp (University of Leeds, UK), Professor Matthew Stibbe (Professor of Modern European History, Sheffield Hallam University, UK), Corinne Painter (University of Leeds, UK)

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Bloomsbury Academic
27 June 2024

European history; Social & cultural history; First World War; Gender studies: women; Pressure groups & lobbying

Socialist Women and the Great War: Protest, Revolution and Commemoration, an open access book, is the first transnational study of left-wing women and socialist revolution during the First World War and its aftermath. Through a discussion of the key themes related to women and revolution, such as anti-militarism and violence, democracy and citizenship, and experience and life-writing, this book sheds new and necessary light on the everyday lives of socialist women in the early 20th century.

The participants of the 1918-1919 revolutions in Europe, and the accompanying outbreaks of social unrest elsewhere in the world, have typically been portrayed as war-weary soldiers and suited committee delegates—in other words, as men. Exceptions like Rosa Luxemburg exist, but ordinary women are often cast as passive recipients of the vote. This is not true; rather, women were pivotal actors in the making, imagining, and remembering of the social and political upheavals of this time. From wartime strikes, to revolutionary violence, to issues of suffrage, this book reveals how women constructed their own revolutionary selves in order to bring about lasting social change and provides a fresh comparative approach to women's socialist activism.

As such, this is a vitally important resource for all postgraduates and advanced undergraduates interested in gender studies, international relations, and the history and legacy of World War I.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollection.com. Open access was funded by Knowledge Unlatched.

Edited by: Professor Ingrid Sharp (University of Leeds UK), Professor Matthew Stibbe (Professor of Modern European History, Sheffield Hallam University, UK), Corinne Painter (University of Leeds, UK)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781350343504
ISBN 10: 1350343501
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 27 June 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Corinne Painter is Lecturer in German and Intercultural Studies at University of Leeds, UK. She is the author of Writing Lives (2019). Ingrid Sharp is Professor of German Cultural and Gender History at the University of Leeds, UK. She is the editor of Women Activists between War and Peace (2017) and Aftermaths of War (2011), both co-edited with Matthew Stibbe, as well as The Women's Movement in Wartime (co-edited with Alison Fell, 2007). Matthew Stibbe is Professor of Modern European History at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He is the author of several books, including Germany, 1914-1933: Politics, Society and Culture (2010), and the editor of several volumes of essays on 20th-century European themes, including Women Activists between War and Peace (2017) and Aftermaths of War (2011), both co-edited with Ingrid Sharp.

Reviews for Socialist Women and the Great War, 1914-21: Protest, Revolution and Commemoration

This collection fills significant gaps in our understanding of the ways in which European socialism and revolution developed during and after World War I, adding the important roles played by women as well as gendered analysis of not only their actions but of the larger movements with which they were associated. A welcome contribution! * Laurie Stoff, Principal Lecturer and Honors Faculty Fellow, Arizona State University, USA * This volume ably covers a number of topics related to genres of protest and attitudes to change and revolution, as well as commemorative repertoires. by reading against the grain and taking a close look at the lived experience of women, this book offers a valuable contribution to our understanding of socialist revolutionary movements in early twentieth-century Europe. * English Historical Review *