Housewives in politics: Local pioneers in the Netherlands after the enfranchisement

TY - JOUR

T1 - Housewives in politics: Local pioneers in the Netherlands after the enfranchisement

AU - van der Steen, Margit

PY - 2020

Y1 - 2020

N2 - A new group of politicians entered the stage after the introduction of universal suffrage: female politicians. Whereas the first women in Parliament received some attention, pioneers in regional bodies or local councils have mostly been overlooked. Who were these women who stood for election in their own town or village? Were these unmarried women, as one might expect due to the resistance towards married women entering politics? And how were these women perceived? These questions are central to this contribution about female pioneers in local politics in the Netherlands (1919-1923).

AB - A new group of politicians entered the stage after the introduction of universal suffrage: female politicians. Whereas the first women in Parliament received some attention, pioneers in regional bodies or local councils have mostly been overlooked. Who were these women who stood for election in their own town or village? Were these unmarried women, as one might expect due to the resistance towards married women entering politics? And how were these women perceived? These questions are central to this contribution about female pioneers in local politics in the Netherlands (1919-1923).

KW - Local Politics

KW - Gender History

KW - Suffrage

U2 - 10.117-161 1894420927226

DO - 10.117-161 1894420927226

M3 - Article

SN - 1611-8944

VL - 18

SP - 264

EP - 268

JO - Journal of Modern European History

JF - Journal of Modern European History

IS - 3

ER -