... an important advance in the recognition of the role of women in political and professional life -- Helen Wilson, Devonshire Association News Look no further for a book that demonstrates the importance of local and regional studies in understanding crucial historical themes and issues; or, indeed, one that is so successfully multi-authored. -- Jane Howells, The Local Historian The individual women come alive as we hear about their social backgrounds, personal feelings, and motivations as well as their public achievements...Devon Women is an important text that adds to our understanding of the many spheres in which women could make a difference as active citizens in the period after the vote was won. -- June Hannam, Women's History Review Scholarly, yet eminently accessible (both in terms of style and method of production, it being available on Open Access), this study is an excellent addition to what I hope will yet prove to be a growing corpus of local studies highlighting the individual and collaborative work undertaken by women who were intent on improving the lot of their communities, while engaging so many others in active citizenship. -- Elizabeth Crawford, The Devon Historian ...this volume reminds us of the diversity of women's activism, then as now, and reveals the vibrancy of the contemporary women's movement. It is particularly commendable that it should do so through a local study of a largely rural county, far from the capital. -- Anna Muggeridge, Twentieth Century British History This is a well-written and impressively researched series of essays. -- Mark Egan, Journal of Liberal History The authors have ably achieved what they set out to do, and the reader's understanding of women's participation in public life is the richer for having read this book. -- Janet Few, Journal of British Studies
