Queen Zenobia’s ‘Campaign’ for British Women’s Suffrage
- This article focuses on the feminist reception of Zenobia of Palmyra in Great Britain during the long nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. A special focus lies on her reception by the British suffragettes who belonged to the Women’s Social and Political Union. Even though Zenobia’s story did not end happily, the warrior queen’s example served to inspire these early feminists. Several products of historical culture – such as books, pieces of art, newspaper articles and theatre plays – provide insight into the reception of her as an historical figure, which is dominated by the image of a strong and courageous woman. The article will shed light on how exactly Zenobia’s example was instrumentalised throughout the first feminist movement in Britain.
| Author details: | Vivian Colbert |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/0.34679/thersites.vol12.186 |
| ISSN: | 2364-7612 |
| Title of parent work (English): | thersites 12 |
| Editor(s): | Christian Rollinger |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first publication: | 2021/03/12 |
| Publication year: | 2021 |
| Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
| Release date: | 2021/04/20 |
| Tag: | British suffrage movement; Zenobia; feminism; nineteenth century; reception studies |
| Volume: | 2020 |
| Issue: | 12 |
| Number of pages: | 23 |
| First page: | 71 |
| Last Page: | 94 |
| Source: | thersites 12 (2020). - 71-94 |
| Organizational units: | Philosophische Fakultät / Historisches Institut |
| DDC classification: | 9 Geschichte und Geografie / 90 Geschichte / 900 Geschichte und Geografie |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
| Publishing method: | Open Access / Gold Open-Access |
| Collection(s): | Universität Potsdam / Zeitschriften / thersites, ISSN 2364-7612 / thersites Vol. 12 |
| License (German): |  CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
