Women’s Activism in the Transatlantic Consumers’ Leagues, 1885–1920
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- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
9 November 2025
Summary
Ethical consumption and consumer choice are at the heart of public debates today, but consumer activism has a long history. At the end of the nineteenth century, groups of women activists in different countries weaponised their reputation as consumers to mount campaigns against labour exploitation. By the early twentieth century, they had built an international network of Consumers’ Leagues that influenced public opinion and achieved legislative change.
Analysing the campaign writing …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474497992 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1474497993 |
| Author: | Flore Janssen |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Imprint: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 9 November 2025 |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 234mm |
| Series: | Nineteenth-Century and Neo-Victorian Cultures |
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Critics Review
Today, when fast fashion and food miles are prominent topics of public concern, Flore Janssen’s book about early campaigns for ethical shopping strikes a timely note. This is a compelling study of turn-of-the-century women’s activism which offers rich material for comparison with the consumer politics of the present time. – Rachel Bowlby, University College London
Flore Janssen
Flore Janssen is Assistant Professor in Comparative Literature at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. She is co-editor, with Lisa C. Robertson, of the collection Margaret Harkness: Writing Social Engagement 1880–1921 (Manchester University Press, 2019) and editor of Margaret Harkness’s 1921 novel A Curate’s Promise (Shield Books, 2021). Her research interests include marginalisation, activism and archives, and she has published widely on these topics.
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