Gendered Money

Pernilla Jonsson is Associate Professor in economic history and is currently working at The Swedish National Audit Office. She has been a researcher at the Department of Economic History at Uppsala University, Sweden. Her research deals with the influence of resources, financial strategies, and international networks on organizing and goal achievements in the first-wave women’s movement. She has also published on gender and the social reproduction of Swedish elites, as well as industrialization and marketing in 19th-century Sweden.

“This richly-documented volume raises questions of great interest to feminist historians and students of social movements. It employs a variety of sources that historians will appreciate and demonstrates a familiarity with the literature on social mobilization and on feminism that will appeal to sociologists and political scientists. It contributes to ongoing scholarly discussions and provides an important comparative perspective.”  ·  Michael Hanagan, Vassar College

• List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgementsForewordIntroduction: Funding women’s political struggle – a matter of gender and class?Collective action and resources – earlier researchWomen’s mobilising, class, resources and political opportunities – our theoretical point of departureComparing the Swedish caseEconomic and politic citizenship in SwedenSourcesDispositionChapter 1. The Fredrika Bremer Association 1884-1925The start upIdeas and agendasNew leadership and new directionsSummaryChapter 2. A ‘Bourgeois’ pioneer’s purseIncomeMembership feesBequests and donationsFundraising salesLotteriesState subsidies and supporting organisationsOutlaysPremisesMeetingsAdministration, political work and enlightenmentThe voice of the organisationA periodical as a philanthropic projectManifestationsAssets and liabilitiesLoan fundsBonds, real estates and sharesSummarising conclusionChapter 3. Human resources in the Fredrika Bremer AssociationMobilising – the value of membersGiving their time, commitment and skillsUseful contacts in Parliament and GovernmentPublicityFeminist and philanthropic networks within SwedenFeminist networks outside SwedenSummarising conclusionsChapter 4. Social democratic womenThe road to integrated separatism - women in the Swedish SAPEarlier researchForms and phases of the Swedish social democratic movement1880-1906: the paradox of gender unity and the mobilization of consensus1906-1930: organising separatelyBreaktrough from 1933Agendas and strategiesSummaryChapter 5. The price of turning women into socialistsSources of incomeContributions from the labour movementMembership feesExtra incomeSpendingMobilising members and votersInvestments in educationMorgonbris - the voice of social democratic women in Sweden- nearly an affiliated companyAdministrationGetting together - meetingsLabour Day, Birthdays and Funerals - Times for manifestationsAllocating moneyFinancial strategies: a summaryClass, gender and separatism - three factors in the financial strategies of socialist women’s movementsChapter 6. Human resources in social democratic women’s organizationsThe magic of numberGiving their time, commitment and skillsAccess to parliaments and governmentPublicityCross-class sisters? Cooperation among Swedish women’s organisationsInternational connectionsCompensating lack of education and moneyThe price of organising separately and the income from being integratedConclusion: Gendered MoneyIncomeIndependence through membership feesDonations, bequests and successful coalitionsFrom needle-works to lotteriesSpendingFeminist activists as economic agentsCompensating the lack of money to keep the organization goingHow did resources matter for Swedish Feminist politics?The costs of gendered citizenship?The resources mobilization theory and women’s organisingBibliographyIndex