Feminism Between the Waves: A Political and Cultural History of the Six Point Group

浪潮之间的女权主义：六点小组的政治文化史

• 批准号: 2893481
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Nottingham Trent University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2893481
• 关键词: Feminism; Between; Waves; Political; Cultural

The Six Point Group (SPG) was Britain's leading gender equality organisation in the interwar years. This project will reconstruct the history of the SPG from its archive at the Women's Library at London School of Economics and enrich our understanding of feminist campaigning between feminism's so-called 'first' and 'second' waves. The Women's Library at LSE (TWL@LSE) is the oldest and most extensive collection of women's history in Europe. Developed from the women's suffrage movement, it now includes over 60,000 books and pamphlets, 3,000 pamphlets, over 500 archives, and 5,000 museum objects including photographs, posters, badges, banners, textiles, and ceramics. Following the hugely successful 'Vote 100' celebrations in 2018, TWL@LSE is now preparing for the centenary in 2028 of the Equal Franchise Act (which gave women voting rights on the same terms as men) and has identified its interwar feminism collections as a priority area for catalogue enhancement, digitisation, and profile-raising through, for example, online resources and exhibition.This research project will result in the first comprehensive study of the SPG (1921-1982) across its 61-year history and restore to view a continuous history of feminist campaigning in a period during which feminism is conventionally believed to have 'collapsed' or 'subsided' prior to its 're-emergence' in the 1970s with the Women's Liberation Movement. Working for substantial periods of time at TWL@LSE the award-holder will reconstruct the history of the SPG from the SPG archive and the archives of other feminist organisations the SPG interacted with (e.g. the British Federation of University Women and the National Federation of Women Civil Servants) also held by TWL@LSE. They will also consult archives outside TWL@LSE, for example the National Council of Women (London Metropolitan Archives) and the British Newspaper Archive. Dale Spender famously stated in 1983 that: 'There's always been a women's movement this century'. This project will give credence to Spender's claim and complicate the dominant 'wave' narrative that continues to shape our ideas of women's history.The award-holder will have previous experience and skills in historical and archival research and an active interest in contemporary feminisms and women's history. They will have the chance to shape the research agenda as the project evolves, but indicative research questions identified at this stage include:What were the goals and achievements of the SPG, and how did these evolve over its 61 years' existence?What connections can be identified between the SPG and other feminist and women's organisations?What strategies did the SPG use, to advance its aims and to negotiate competing positions within the women's movement?Does the history of the SPG provide critical and political tools useful for feminist thinking and practice today?In addition to the PhD thesis, key outputs of this project will be:Contributing to the events and exhibition programme at LSE Library (e.g. by giving a talk on their research; organising an event on interwar feminism; curating on online exhibition on the SPG); Contributing to the digitisation programme at TWL@LSE (e.g. by curating a selection of materials about the SPG for inclusion in its digital collection on interwar feminism);Assisting in TWL@LSE's preparations for the Equal Franchise Act centenary in 2028.Student Support and Output:The supervisory team (Clay; Thomas; Murphy) will meet with the student regularly at NTU, UoB or TWL@LSE. Clay will ensure that the award holder is integrated into NTU's research culture in Arts & Humanities and through the Doctoral School (including enrolment on the Doctorate Plus programme of professional developmental courses), as well as M4C processes and training, and support their participation in germane conferences, impact activities, and events. These may include, but are not limited to, activities or

六点小组（SPG）是两次世界大战期间英国领先的性别平等组织。该项目将从伦敦经济学院妇女图书馆的档案中重建 SPG 的历史，并丰富我们对女权主义所谓“第一波”和“第二波”之间的女权运动的理解。伦敦经济学院的妇女图书馆 (TWL@LSE) 是欧洲最古老、最广泛的女性历史收藏。它由妇女选举权运动发展而来，现在包括 60,000 多本书籍和小册子、3,000 多本小册子、500 多份档案以及 5,000 件博物馆藏品，包括照片、海报、徽章、横幅、纺织品和陶瓷。继 2018 年“投票 100”庆祝活动取得巨大成功之后，TWL@LSE 目前正在为 2028 年《平等选举权法案》（该法案赋予女性与男性同等投票权）一百周年做准备，并将其两次世界大战期间的女权主义系列确定为目录增强、数字化和通过在线资源和展览等方式提升形象的优先领域。该研究项目将导致对 SPG 的首次全面研究（1921-1982）跨越其 61 年的历史，并恢复查看女权主义运动的连续历史，在这一时期，传统上认为女权主义在 1970 年代“重新出现”之前已经“崩溃”或“消退”与妇女解放运动。在 TWL@LSE 工作了相当长一段时间，获奖者将根据 SPG 档案以及与 SPG 互动的其他女权主义组织（例如英国大学妇女联合会和全国妇女联合会）的档案重建 SPG 的历史。公务员）也由 TWL@LSE 持有。他们还将查阅 TWL@LSE 以外的档案馆，例如全国妇女委员会（伦敦大都会档案馆）和英国报纸档案馆。戴尔·斯彭德 (Dale Spender) 在 1983 年曾说过一句名言：“本世纪一直存在着妇女运动”。该项目将证实斯彭德的主张，并使继续塑造我们对妇女历史的看法的主导“浪潮”叙事变得复杂化。获奖者将拥有历史和档案研究方面的经验和技能，并对当代女权主义和妇女运动有积极的兴趣。历史。随着项目的发展，他们将有机会制定研究议程，但现阶段确定的指示性研究问题包括：SPG 的目标和成就是什么，以及这些目标和成就在其 61 年的存在中是如何演变的？ SPG 与其他女权主义和妇女组织之间的区别？ SPG 使用了哪些策略来推进其目标并在妇女运动中协商竞争立场？ SPG 的历史是否为女权主义思想提供了有用的批判性和政治工具今天和实践吗？除了博士论文外，该项目的主要成果将是：为伦敦经济学院图书馆的活动和展览计划做出贡献（例如，就他们的研究进行演讲；组织一次关于两次世界大战期间女权主义的活动；策划在线展览在 SPG 上）；为 TWL@LSE 的数字化计划做出贡献（例如，通过策划精选有关 SPG 的材料，将其纳入其关于两次世界大战期间女权主义的数字收藏中）；协助 TWL@LSE 为 2028 年平等特许权法案百年纪念做准备。学生支持和产出：监督团队（Clay、Thomas、Murphy）将定期在 NTU、UoB 或TWL@LSE。克莱将确保获奖者通过博士生学院（包括参加专业发展课程的 Doctorate Plus 计划）以及 M4C 流程和培训，融入南洋理工大学艺术与人文学科的研究文化，并支持他们参与相关的研究会议、影响力活动和活动。这些可能包括但不限于活动或