Edwardian ladies and imperial power
"Drawing on many previously unexploited sources, this book evaluates the nature and impact of organized female imperialism in Edwardian Britain. It analyses aristocratic and upper-middle-class women's involvement in imperialist associations and investigates their relationship with male imperialist leaders and the male-dominated patriotic leagues. The 'women's work' of female emigration, education, colonial hospitality and imperial 'race-thinking' is also closely examined."--Jacket
History
xi, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
9780718500610, 071850061X
40675091
British ladies and the empire; society lifestyles; the imperial turn; organized ladies; women's work for empire; imperial sisterhood?; "race" and empire; education; emigration; imperialism, the Women's Movement and the vote; postscript - World War and after. Appendices: the growth of female imperialism; female imperialist networks; biographical summaries of leading ladies