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SUMMARY:Radical Sisters: Four Victorian Women - Charles Jones\, Emeritus R
 eader in International Relations\, Department of Politics and Internationa
 l Studies\; Emeritus Fellow\, Wolfson College\; Director\, Centre of Latin
  American Studies
DTSTART:20140122T130000Z
DTEND:20140122T140000Z
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CONTACT:DJ Goode
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Together\, the adult lives of Eliza (c.1820-1850)\, 
 Caroline (1816-1889) \, Matilda (1816/17-1866) and Emilie Ashurst (1826?-1
 893) spanned the greater part of Queen Victoria's reign. Daughters of a we
 althy Radical lawyer\, the artistic and political causes they embraced cov
 er many of the most progressive tendencies of the period\, ranging from tr
 anslation of the novels of George Sand to patronage of James McNeill Whist
 ler and the unification of Italy to the women's suffrage. \n\nBesides the 
 opportunity they offer to re-examine metropolitan middle-class radicalism\
 , the careers of these four women raise the question of whether provincial
  non-conformist Radicals may have been over-valued in twentieth century hi
 storiography of the British labour movement as well as perennial issues ab
 out the relative importance of political parties and social movements in a
 chieving political change.
LOCATION:Combination Room\, Wolfson College
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