Vera Brittain: Feminism, Pacifism and Problem of Class, 1900-1953

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  • Yvonne Bennett Carleton University

Abstract

In this century and until very recent years, the English feminist movement and the English pacifist movement have demonstrated a tendency to reflect a strongly middle-class bias, in both leadership and rank and file, which has possibly-though not intentionally-retarded the overall growth of each movement. For both feminism and pacifism the central questions have been and remain those relating to the conjoint problems of effective political translation and the surmounting of class barriers. This paper explores these questions through an examination of the work of the English feminist and pacifist, Vera Brittain (1893-1970).

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1987-04-01

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Original Research