Download or read book Women in British Politics, c.1689-1979 written by Krista Cowman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-12-09 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This account examines some of the areas of women's political activity in Britain from the Glorious Revolution to the election of the first female Prime Minister in 1979. It shows how women had worked in a variety of arenas and organizations before the suffrage campaign and explores the directions their political activity took afterwards.