Beyond suffrage: feminism, education and the politics of class in the inter-war years

Author: Martin, Jane

Source: British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume 29, Number 4, July 2008 , pp. 411-423(13)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

The understanding of feminist pasts has been largely ignored in the history of education. This paper suggests that the historical sociology of Olive Banks provides fresh starting points for future research exploring the relationship between the history of social and political movements and a reassessment of contemporary and historical forms of 'radical education'. The article proceeds to use group biography to explore a municipal socialism that has been over-ridden in historical memory by the classic political histories that take the view from Westminster and Whitehall. In so doing it seeks to show the contribution of six educator activists who were participants in the making of a metropolitan political elite emerging from the association between feminism, socialism and the labour and trade union movement.

Keywords: class; education; feminism; gender; London; politics

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01425690802160351

Affiliations: 1: Department of Educational Foundations and Policy Studies, Institute of Education, University of London, London, UK

Publication date: 2008-07-01

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