Description: Levine traces the changing face of a half century of England's feminist movement, the personalities who dominated it, its pressing issues, and the tactics employed in the fight. Political themes common to the specific protests, she finds, included women's moral superiority, a close-knit sense of a supportive female community, and a conscious woman-centeredness of interests.
Brief description: Philippa Levine is Walter Prescott Webb Chair in History and Ideas in the department of history at the University of Texas at Austin and codirector of the program in British Studies.