Female Imperialism and National Identity: Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780719063916)

Through a study of the British Empire's largest women's patriotic organisation, formed in 1900, and still in existence, this book examines the relationship between female imperialism and national identity. It throws new light on women's involvement in imperialism; on the history of 'conservative' women's organisations; on women's interventions in debates concerning citizenship and national identity; and on the history of women in white settler societies.

After placing the IODE (Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire) in the context of recent scholarly work in Canadian, gender, imperial history and post-colonial theory, the book follows the IODE's history through the twentieth century. Tracing the organisation into the postcolonial era, where previous imperial ideas are outmoded, it considers the transformation from patriotism to charity, and the turn to colonisation at home in the Canadian North.

An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.

Author: Katie Pickles
ISBN-10: 0719063914
ISBN-13: 9780719063916
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2009
Pages: 209
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.47d