This study traces the resurgence of a conservative suffrage leadership, questions the inevitability of the narrow franchise granted to women in 1918, and suggests that something important was lost, especially to the Labour party and to feminism, when a broad vision of democracy and patriotism became a casualty of war, self-interest and jingoism.
Pacifists, Patriots and the Vote: The Erosion of Democratic Suffragism in Britain During the First World War
The National Union Of Women's Suffrage Societies Before The War Response To War: August To October 1914 Division Threatens Crucial Forum: National Council, February 1915 Disaffection And New Directions No Way Back Cutting Down The Election Fighting Fund Relations With Labour: Women's Work Separate Ways Back To The Franchise The Vote At Last Conclusions Postscript: Feminists And The Peace Settlement, 1919: Minimum Feminism And Beyond
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