Emily Davies and the mid-Victorian women's movement / John Hendry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hendry, John, 1952- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Davies, Emily, 1830-1921.

Davies, Emily.

Feminists--Great Britain--Biography.

Feminists.

Women educators--Great Britain--Biography.

Women educators.

Feminism--Great Britain--History.

Feminism.

Women--Education--Great Britain--History.

Women.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

Emily Davies was a central figure in the mid-Victorian women's movement. Formidably intelligent, fiercely determined, and an indefatigable campaigner and organiser, the socially and politically conservative Davies directed the first campaign for female suffrage in 1866-7. She was one of the first women elected to public office in 1870, campaigned successfully for the admission of girls to school leaving examinations, played a significant part in the reform of girls' secondary school provision, and established Girton College, Cambridge, Britain's first university-level college for women. This book combines the first scholarly biography of Davies with a radically new account of the mid-Victorian women's movement.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 21, 2024).

ISBN:

0-19-891026-6

OCLC:

1427516335