| Description |
xxvi, 227 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Early years : 1870 to 1885 -- The 'doldrums' : women's suffrage 1885-1904 -- 'Deeds, not words!' : the women's social and political union -- 'Suffrage ladies' and the 'shrieking sisterhood' -- Quakers, actresses, gymnasts and other suffragists -- Conciliation -- Descent into chaos -- Patriots and feminists -- After the vote was won |
| Summary |
This book looks at the major events, themes and problems of the suffrage movement from its beginnings to its conclusion. For six decades, thousands experienced repeated defeats of women's suffrage bills and amendments, anti-suffragism from men and women alike, the militant movement with its violence, imprisonments, hunger strikes and forcible feeding, and multiple internal divisions occasioned by conflicts over party loyalties, strategies and World War I, only to end up with the partial victory of 1918. Women devoted their lives to the cause, not merely because the vote was their right, but because they wanted to change the world and saw in the vote the power to do so |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p214-223. - Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-223) and index |
| Subject |
Suffragists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Suffragists -- Great Britain -- History.
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Women -- Suffrage -- Great Britain -- History.
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| LC no. |
98049489 |
| ISBN |
0312218532 |
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9780312218539 |
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9780333669112 |
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