Conservative Women

G.E. MAGUIRE studied at St Antony's College, Oxford where she received a doctorate in Modern British History. From 1990-93 she taught at the University of Paris-Sorbonne, and is currently Lecturer in British Studies at the University of Paris XII-Val de Marne. She is also the author of Anglo-American Policy towards the Free French, an analysis of relations between the two major western allies and Charles de Gaulle's movement during World War II.

• Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction PART ONE: BEFORE THE VOTE Women in the Political Background The Primrose League The Conservative Party and the Campaign for Women's Suffrage PART TWO: THE BEGINNING OF OVERT POLITICAL POWER The Party Mobilizes for Women From Domesticity to War, 1928-1945 PART THREE: WOMEN AND THE POSTWAR CONSERVATIVE PARTY The Conservative Party and Women Voters, 1945-1975 Women in the Conservative Party Organization, 1945-1975 Conservative Women in Parliament, 1945-1975 A Woman Leader and Beyond, 1975-1997 Conclusion Bibliography

'Maguire's entertaining analysis of the contribution of women to the Conservative party is an easy read...good on statistical fact...The quotes are lively and evocative.' - Ann Widdecombe, The Sunday Times