Eleanor Rathbone and the Politics of Conscience

by Susan Pedersen

• ISBN13: 9780300102451
• ISBN10: 0300102453
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2004-04-10
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Author Biography

Susan Pedersen taught British history at Harvard University for many years before joining Columbia University as Professor of History.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	ix
Abbreviations	xi
Acknowledgements	xii
Eleanor Rathbone's Family Tree	xv
Introduction: Lives Seen and Unseen	1	(6)
I. DILEMMAS OF A DUTIFUL DAUGHTER	7	(68)
Snares of Wealth and Virtue	9	(19)
Mothers and Mentors	28	(12)
Philosophy and Feminism	40	(16)
Her Father's Daughter	56	(19)
Coda: Emily Alone	72	(3)
II. THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY	75	(82)
Enter Miss Macadam	77	(21)
Must Mothers be Poor?	98	(18)
Claiming Citizenship	116	(23)
Time of Trial	139	(18)
Coda: Elsie Makes her Will	154	(3)
III. A NEW FEMINISM IN THE MAKING	157	(112)
Choosing Elizabeth	159	(17)
What Future for Feminism?	176	(23)
Feuds about the Family	199	(20)
Most Independent Member	219	(22)
The Difference Empire Makes	241	(28)
Coda: Miss Rathbone has her Portrait Painted	265	(4)
IV. A WORLD TO SAVE	269	(110)
Prophet without Honour	271	(35)
A War Worth Fighting	306	(22)
`Rescue the Perishing'	328	(31)
Miss Rathbone in Victory	359	(20)
Coda: The Lady Vanishes	375	(4)
Appendix 1. Principal Writings by Eleanor Rathbone, by date	379	(2)
Appendix 2. Municipal Election Results, Granby Ward, Liverpool	381	(1)
Appendix 3. Parliamentary Election Results, Combined English Universities, 1918--46	382	(2)
Appendix 4. Eleanor Rathbone's Major Parliamentary Speeches and Questions	384	(1)
Appendix 5. A Note on Sources	385	(3)
Notes	388	(62)
Index	450