The Women’s Suffrage Movement
Description
A colourfully illustrated history of the Women's Suffrage movement, which eventually gained the vote for all British women in 1928.
The popular image of a women's suffrage activist is a stoical woman chained to railings or committing criminal acts to attract publicity for the cause. While such women as Emmeline Pankhurst and Emily Wilding Davison embody this image, these militant 'Suffragettes' of the Women's Social and Political Union were in fact a small part of a wider movement that operated mainly through peaceful means. Molly Housego and Neil Storey here trace the evolution of the women's suffrage movement from its emergence in the nineteenth century, through the various divisions that emerged over how to conduct the campaign, to its apogee before the First World War – an event that highlighted the abilities of British women and helped to gain them the vote in 1918 and 1928.
Table of Contents
A New Century and a New Direction
Deeds not Words
The Great War
Aftermath and Legacy
Further Reading
Index
Product details
| Published | 20 Jul 2012 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 56 |
| ISBN | 9780747811282 |
| Imprint | Shire Publications |
| Illustrations | Fully illustrated throughout |
| Series | Shire Library |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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