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.

chapter |27 pages

Who was Lily Maxwell?

Women's suffrage and Manchester politics, 1866–1867

chapter |25 pages

Mrs Henry Fawcett (1847–1929)

The widow as a problem in feminist biography

chapter |24 pages

‘Deeds, Not Words'

Daily life in the Women's Social and Political Union in Edwardian Britain 1

chapter |22 pages

Militancy, Masochism or Martyrdom?

The public and private prisons of Constance Lytton

chapter |22 pages

‘Dare to be Free!'

The Women's Freedom League and its legacy

chapter |23 pages

Women Teachers and the Suffrage Campaign

Arguments for professional equality

chapter |20 pages

‘I Had Not Been to London'1

Women's suffrage – a view from the regions

chapter |21 pages

Jennie Baines

Suffrage and an Australian connection

chapter |24 pages

‘A Symbol and a Key'

The suffrage movement in Britain, 1918–1928