Book contents
- The Right to Rule and the Rights of Women
- The Right to Rule and the Rights of Women
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Radicalism of Female Rule in Eighteenth-Century Britain
- 2 “An Argument of a Very Popular Character”
- 3 Rethinking the “Right to Rule” in Victorian Britain
- 4 The Anti-Suffragists’ Queen
- 5 “No More Fitting Commemoration”?
- Conclusion
- A Note on Sources
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - “An Argument of a Very Popular Character”
Queen Victoria in the Early Women’s Movement, c. 1832–1876
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2019
Book contents
- The Right to Rule and the Rights of Women
- The Right to Rule and the Rights of Women
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Radicalism of Female Rule in Eighteenth-Century Britain
- 2 “An Argument of a Very Popular Character”
- 3 Rethinking the “Right to Rule” in Victorian Britain
- 4 The Anti-Suffragists’ Queen
- 5 “No More Fitting Commemoration”?
- Conclusion
- A Note on Sources
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter demonstrates the popularity of Queen Victoria in women's rights campaigning, with a particular focus on the period from 1832 to 1876. It was during this period that a range of influential women's rights activists, including William Johnson Fox, Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, Harriet Taylor, and John Stuart Mill featured Victoria in their campaigning. The chapter discusses why so many activists found Victoria compelling and how they leveraged her in their arguments for women's emancipation.
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- The Right to Rule and the Rights of WomenQueen Victoria and the Women's Movement, pp. 49 - 90Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019