Suffrage days : stories from the women's suffrage movement / Sandra Stanley Holton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holton, Sandra Stanley.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Suffrage--Great Britain--History.

Women.

Suffragists--Great Britain--Biography.

Suffragists.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1837-1901.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1901-1936.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is an account of the British Suffrage movement from its inception until its victory in 1918. It is based around the experiences of seven women whose participation in the British Suffrage movement is little-known.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Plates; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; FROM 'SURPLUS WOMAN' TO INDEPENDENT PERSON Elizabeth Wolstenholme and the early women's movement; 'THE REVOLT OF THE WOMEN' Sexual subjection and sexual solidarity; A 'STRANGE, ERRATIC GENIUS' Jessie Craigen, working suffragist; 'THE GRANDEST VICTORY' Married women and the franchise; AMONG THE 'INSURGENT WOMEN' Hannah Mitchell, socialist and suffragist; 'A MERRY, MILITANT SAINT' Mary Gawthorpe and the argument of the stone; WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE AMONG THE BOHEMIANS Laurence Housman joins the movement

'ON THE HORNS OF A DILEMMA' Alice Clark, liberal Quaker and democratic suffragistMEN, WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE AND SEXUAL RADICALISM, 1912 14; WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR; LAST WORDS Women's suffragists and women's history after the vote; Notes; Notes on further reading; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-290) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-83786-0

0-203-42756-4

1-280-32041-9

0-203-29746-6

1-134-83787-9

9780203427569

OCLC:

226376514