ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |24 pages
‘Deeds, Not Words'
Daily life in the Women's Social and Political Union in Edwardian Britain
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chapter |22 pages
Militancy, Masochism or Martyrdom?
The public and private prisons of Constance Lytton