The Politics of Sexual Difference: World War I and the Demise of British Feminism Author(s): Susan Kingsley Kent Source: Journal of British Studies, Vol. 27, No. 3, The Dilemmas of Democratic Politics (Jul., 1988), pp. 232-253 Published by: Cambridge University Press on behalf of The North American Conference on British Studies Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/175664 . Accessed: 22/07/2014 06:12 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Cambridge University Press and The North American Conference on British Studies are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Journal of British Studies. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 134.83.1.244 on Tue, 22 Jul 2014 06:12:48 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions The Politics of Sexual Difference: World War I and the Demise of British Feminism Susan Kingsley Kent The outbreakof war in August 1914brought to a halt the activities of both militant and constitutional suffragists in their efforts to gain votes for women. By that time, the suffragecampaign had attainedthe size and status of a mass movement, commandingthe time, energies, and resources of thousands of men and women and rivetingthe atten- tion of the British public.