British conservatism
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Christabel Pankhurst
Conservative Century
Conservative Party
Conservative women
cross-class language
cultural dominance
Edwardian Britain
electoral culture
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female conservatism
female unionism
gender inclusive approach
Lady Iveagh
National Union of Conservative Associations
political machinations
politics of gender
Primrose League
suffrage organization
Tory Party
Women's Social and Political Union
Product details
- ISBN 9781526194800
- Weight: 376g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 20 Jan 2026
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Rethinking Right-Wing Women explores the institutional structures for and the representations, mobilisation, and the political careers of women in the British Conservative Party since the late 19th century. From the Primrose League (est.1883) to Women2Win (est.2005), the party has exploited women’s political commitment and their social power from the grass-roots to the heights of the establishment. Yet, although it is the party that extended the equal franchise, had the first woman MP to sit Parliament, and produced the first two women Prime Ministers, the UK Conservative Party has developed political roles for women that jar with feminist and progressive agendas. Conservative women have tended to be more concerned about the fulfilment of women’s duties than the realisation of women’s rights. This book tackles the ambivalences between women’s politicisation and women’s emancipation in the history of Britain’s most electorally successful and hegemonic political party.
Clarisse Berthezène is Lecturer at the University of Paris Diderot
Julie V. Gottlieb is Reader in Modern History at the University of Sheffield
