Thousands of working-class women joined the Labour Party and Co-operative Movement in the tow decades after women won the right to vote in 1918. This book is about their struggle to find a place in the male world of organized labour politics.

Introduction; 1. The doors are open - women's entry into Labour politics; 2. Their devotion was about equal - women and men in interwar working-class politics; 3. But the seats are reserved for men - the gender struggles of the twenties; 4. A sex question or a class question? - Labour women and feminism in the twenties; 5. Helping others - women in local labour politics; 6. Doing our bit to see that the people are not dragged down - class struggle in the thirties; Conclusion.