"National housekeeping": rethinking nationalism through the Irish Housewives Association

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dc.contributor.authorKing, Georgia
dc.contributor.supervisorMarks, Lynne Sorrel
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-01T04:22:16Z
dc.date.copyright2020en_US
dc.date.issued2020-08-31
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of History
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractWhile Ireland remained neutral throughout the Second World War, it was not spared from the economic and social consequences of the conflict. This time in Ireland is known as ‘the Emergency’ and shortages of essential goods exacerbated poverty, often with fatal consequences for the worst off. In 1941, Hilda Tweedy organized a petition signed by Irish women that was sent to Government in pursuit of a variety of policies intended to alleviate some of the harshest suffering caused by economic turmoil and minimal government intervention. This petition ultimately laid the groundwork for the subsequent formation of the Irish Housewives Association in 1942. This Association was involved in a wide array of activities, but consumer protection and the cost of living were of preeminent concern throughout their existence. The Irish Housewives Association has received some historical attention for its feminist activities, but I propose that many of their initiatives can be usefully analyzed through theories of nationalism. I argue that the theoretical innovations of everyday nationalism and consumer nationalism possess previously unrecognized utility for illuminating women’s experience throughout this period of Irish history.en_US
dc.description.embargo2021-08-25
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/12072
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectnationalismen_US
dc.subjectwomenen_US
dc.subjectgenderen_US
dc.subjectIrelanden_US
dc.subjectfeminismen_US
dc.subjectconsumer politicsen_US
dc.subjectconsumer nationalismen_US
dc.title"National housekeeping": rethinking nationalism through the Irish Housewives Associationen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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