Historical, Philosophical, Political and Law Sciences, Culturology and Study of Art. Issues of Theory and Practice. Tambov: Gramota, 2012. № 2. Part 1. P. 96-98.
CONSERVATIVES AND THE PROBLEM OF WOMEN ADMISSION TO WORK IN THE BRITISH HOUSE OF LORDS IN THE 1920S
Kovalev Igor' Georgievich
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Abstract. The author considers for the first time in native historiography the problem of women admission to work in the second chamber of the British Parliament, and analyzes the relevant legislative initiatives and the Conservative Party position on this question in the 1920s.
Key words and phrases: реформа Палаты лордов, Консервативная партия, Либеральная партия, суфражизм, House of Lords reform, Conservative Party, Liberal Party, suffragism
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