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Richardson, Sarah (2019) Parliament as viewed through a woman's eyes : gender and space in the 19th-century commons. Parliamentary History, 38 (1). pp. 119-134. doi:10.1111/1750-0206.12416 ISSN 0264-2824.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/1750-0206.12416
Abstract
The 19th‐century house of commons is traditionally viewed as a masculine space overlooking the presence of female tourists, waitresses, housekeepers, servants, spectators, and residents. This essay demonstrates that, even when formally excluded from the Commons, women were determined to colonize spaces to witness debates. In the pre‐1834 Commons they created their own observation gallery in an attic high above the chamber, peeping through a light fitting to listen to parliamentary sessions. After 1834, they were accommodated in their own galleries in the temporary and new house of commons, growing increasingly assertive and protective of their rights to attend debates and participate in parliamentary political culture. Far from being exclusively male, parliament was increasingly viewed through women's eyes.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons -- Women -- History | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Parliamentary History | ||||||||
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0264-2824 | ||||||||
Official Date: | February 2019 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 38 | ||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 119-134 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/1750-0206.12416 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Richardson, S. (2019), Parliament as Viewed Through a Woman's Eyes: Gender and Space in the 19th‐Century Commons. Parliamentary History, 38: 119-134, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/1750-0206.12416. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 16 January 2019 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 February 2021 | ||||||||
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