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.

KRISTA COWMAN is Professor of History at the University of Lincoln, UK.

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Shaping the Narrative: Waves, Peaks and Troughs
PART I: FORGING A POLITICAL PRESENCE
From Glorious Revolution to Enlightenment: Women's Political Worlds, 1689-1789
Organized Politics before Suffrage
PART II: THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT ORGANISES
The Campaign for Women's Suffrage
Women and the Liberal Party
Women and the Conservative Party
Women and Socialism
PART III: WOMEN'S POLITICS AFTER THE VOTE
Women Members of Parliament
Women in Political Parties 1918-1945
Beyond Party Politics the Reconfiguration of Feminist Organizations 1920-1979
Conclusion
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index.