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Chartist Women in the Family

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Women in the Chartist Movement

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The ambiguity inherent in the pose of radical wife- and motherhood adopted by female Chartists was reflected in and reinforced by the various forms assumed by women’s involvement in the movement.

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Schwarzkopf, J. (1991). Chartist Women in the Family. In: Women in the Chartist Movement. Studies in Gender History. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230379619_6

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