The sheer number of publications on Feminism make it difficult for students who approach the subject for the first time to gain a sense of what the main issues and interpretations are. This book addresses this by offering students an overview of feminism and its history across several countries and time periods, along with an annotated guide to direct them in their further reading.

Feminism by June Hannam provides comprehensive coverage right from how feminists began to write the history of their movement as early as the late nineteenth century to the impact feminism has had on higher education. The text also looks in depth at propaganda and the cult of the heroine in suffrage campaigning and how first wave feminists constructed their own history which then affected future generations of historians, and activists.

Highly recommended by the Times Higher Education Textbook Guide.

June Hannam is a Professor of Modern History at the University of the West of England, Bristol and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. She has published widely on the history of women and her previous works include Isabella Ford, 1855–1924 (1989) and (with Karen Hunt) Socialist Women: Britain 1880s–1920s (2001). She is on the editorial board of Women’s History Review and is a member of the national steering committee of Women’s History Network.