| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 297 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Women's and gender history |
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Women's and gender history.
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| Contents |
The making of suffrage history / Sandra Stanley Holton -- The ladies of British sufragism / Christine Bolt -- Who is Lily Maxwell? Women's suffrage and Manchester politics, 1866-1867 / Jane Rendall -- Mrs Henry Fawcett (1847-1929): the widow as a problem in feminist biography / Janet Howarth -- Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) and votes for women / June Purvis -- 'Deeds, not words': daily life in the women's social and political union in Edwardian Britain / June Purvis -- Militancy, masochism or martyrdom? The public and private prisons of Constance Lytton / Marie Mulvey-Roberts --"Dare to be free!': the Women's Freedom League and its legacy / Hilary Frances -- Women teachers and the suffrage campaign: arguments for professional equality / Alison Oram -- 'I had not been to London': women's suffrage, a view from the regions / June Hammam -- Jennie Baines: suffrage and an Australian connection / Judith Smart -- 'A symbol and a key': the suffrage movement in Britain, 1918-1928 / Johanna Alberti |
| Summary |
Votes for Women provides an innovative re-examination of the suffrage movement, presenting new perspectives which challenge the existing literature on this subject. This fascinating book charts the history of the movement in Britain from the nineteenth century to the postwar period, assessing important figures such as; * Emmeline Pankhurst and the militant wing * Millicent Garrett Fawcett, leader of the constitutional wing *Jennie Baines and her link with the international suffrage movements |
| Notes |
A collection of 12 research papers by British and Australian women scholars |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Women -- Suffrage -- Great Britain -- History
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Suffragists -- Great Britain -- History
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Women's rights -- Great Britain -- History
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
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Suffragists
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Women -- Suffrage
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Women's rights
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Vrouwenkiesrecht.
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Femmes -- Droits -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire.
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Femmes -- Droit de vote -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire.
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Suffragettes -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire.
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Purvis, June
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Holton, Sandra Stanley
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| LC no. |
99010066 |
| ISBN |
0203171829 |
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9780203171820 |
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0203006445 |
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9780203006443 |
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9780415214599 |
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0415214599 |
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9781134610655 |
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1134610653 |
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0203173406 |
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9780203173404 |
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9786610066681 |
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661006668X |
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1134610645 |
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9781134610648 |
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1280066687 |
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9781280066689 |
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052131044X |
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9780521310444 |
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