'Guilty women', foreign policy, and appeasement in inter-war Britain / Julie V. Gottlieb.

Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

xii, 340 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm

British women and the three encounters: international, European, and fascist -- Women's war on fascism -- 'Guilty women:' conspiracy and collusion -- 'Guilty women:' powers behind thrones -- 'To speak a few words of comfort to them:' conservative women's support for Chamberlain and appeasement -- 'Women are the best of friends of Mr Chamberlain's policy:' gendered representations of public opinion -- 'Anyway let's have peace:' women's expressions of opinion on appeasement -- 'Don't believe in foreigners:' the female franchise factor and the Munich by-elections -- The women Churchillians and the politics of shame.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-328) and index.