Abstract:Female reformers were radical activists during 1819. They attempted to forge a 'feminine' radicalism through connecting their politics to their domesticity and families. They organised meetings, processed to mass platform protests, crafted liberty caps and wrote letters. Commentators and observers satirised and insulted their efforts through print and press, producing a reading which considered the women to be unfeminine. This conflict between insiders and outsiders creates a 'female masculinity' and fragmente… Show more
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