Hannam
suggests that this pamphlet in particular embodies IOF
's contribution to the feminist and labour movements: In putting forward her arguments, IOF
made use of concepts that were familiar both to suffragists and to...
Reception
Isabella Ormston Ford
For many years, IOF
was considered only a marginal figure in the histories of both the feminist movement and the socialist movement, but since the publication of her biography by June Hannam
in 1989, her...
Textual Features
Isabella Ormston Ford
In this pamphlet, which she directed towards the middle and upper classes, IOF
declares herself interested in both the moral condition and the economic position of industrial women.
Ford, Isabella Ormston. Industrial Women and How to Help Them. Humanitarian League, 1901.
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She argues that prostitution has economic...
Textual Features
Isabella Ormston Ford
As her biographer June Hannam
notes, IOF
engages substantially with the work of Karl Pearson
for Women and Socialism, especially his idea that there has never been a Labour Question without a Woman's Question...
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Texts
Hannam, June et al. International Encyclopedia of Women’s Suffrage. ABC-CLIO, 2000.