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Genres of Political Activism: The BC Suffrage Movement, 1900-1917 Thieme, Katja 2011-11-09

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Title Genres of Political Activism: The BC Suffrage Movement, 1900-1917
Creator Thieme, Katja
Contributor University of British Columbia. Centre for Women's and Gender Studies
Date Issued 2011-11-09
Description The suffrage movement in British Columbia was not a political movement that garnered much international or even national attention. Unlike the hunger strikes of English suffragettes or the march on Washington by American suffragists, there is very little about the suffrage movement in British Columbia that is remembered by anyone other than academic researchers. In other words, this regional campaign seems to have stayed within existing conventions and expectations as they existed for middle-class women’s political participation at the time. However, to critique a movement for its lack of radicalism is to discount political work which uses discursive conventions to its advantage. It is because of its relative lack of radical discourse that the BC suffrage movement allows us to think carefully about the relation of suffrage activism to systems of discursive action. This presentation will particularly highlight the range of letters to M.L.A.s, petitions, and resolutions that were produced by suffragists within an expanding network of women’s clubs and associations. While these suffragists were in a disadvantaged position in relation to seats of political power, they acquired a high level of discursive skill—and, in relation to working-class women, privilege—through the political genres practiced in these clubs and associations.
Subject Suffrage
1900-1917
BC Suffrage Movement
Suffragettes
Geographic Location British Columbia
Type Sound
Language eng
Notes The Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies (CWGS) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) offered a weekly lecture series for the fall and winter semesters. This series brought together scholars that focussed on issues related to women and the study of gender/sexuality. The series included post doctoral and visiting scholars, faculty both from CWGS and additional departments engaged in research relevant to the mission of the centre.
Series Centre for Women's and Gender Studies (CWGS) Lecture Series
Date Available 2011-11-09
Provider Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
DOI 10.14288/1.0052309
URI http://hdl.handle.net/2429/38914
Affiliation Women's and Gender Studies, Centre for
Peer Review Status Unreviewed
Scholarly Level Faculty
Rights URI http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
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