Literature of the Women's Suffrage Campaign in England
Title | Literature of the Women's Suffrage Campaign in England PDF eBook |
Author | Carolyn Christensen Nelson |
Publisher | Broadview Press |
Pages | 397 |
Release | 2004-06-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1770481710 |
During the British women's suffrage campaign of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, women wrote plays to convert others to their cause; they wrote essays to justify their militant actions; and they wrote fiction and poetry about their prison experiences. This volume is a diverse collection of these writings, focused on the women's suffrage campaign in England and written primarily during the brief period between the New Woman writers of the 1890s and the modernists of the twentieth century. Many of these works have not been reprinted since they were first published. This important collection includes essays reflecting a variety of opinions and political positions; excerpts from autobiographies by women involved in the movement; suffrage poetry; the song that became the official song of the British suffrage movement; several one-act plays that were written and performed specifically to advance the suffrage cause; and short stories and excerpts from novels about suffrage.
The British Women's Suffrage Campaign 1866-1928
Title | The British Women's Suffrage Campaign 1866-1928 PDF eBook |
Author | Harold L. Smith |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 190 |
Release | 2014-05-12 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1317862252 |
This Seminar Study was the first book to trace the British women’s suffrage campaign from its origins in the 1860s through to the achievement of equal suffrage in 1928. In this second edition, Smith provides new evidence drawn from the author’s research on how the main post-1918 women’s organisation (the NUSEC) worked with Conservative Party women to persuade the Conservative Party to endorse equal franchise rights. Smith focuses on the actions of reformers and their opponents, with due attention paid to the campaigns in Scotland and Wales as well as the movements in England. He explores why women’s suffrage was such a contentious issue, and how women gained the vote despite opponents’ fears that it would undermine gender boundaries. Suitable for students studying the Suffrage Movement, modern British history and the history of gender.
The Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain, 1866-1928
Title | The Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain, 1866-1928 PDF eBook |
Author | Sophia A. van Wingerden |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 1999-05-19 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780312218539 |
An introduction to the women's suffrage movement in Britain from its origins in the mid 19th century to militancy, the First World War and victory in 1928.
The British Women's Suffrage Campaign
Title | The British Women's Suffrage Campaign PDF eBook |
Author | June Purvis |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 302 |
Release | 2020-12-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1000319938 |
This book brings together twelve chapters from feminist historians from around the world to offer new perspectives on aspects of the campaign for women’s suffrage in Britain. Although the focus is on Britain, this volume signals how the women’s suffrage campaign in Britain embraced both national and global aspects. The historical developments and structures that affected women’s lives and suffrage struggles were not limited to national contexts. Early chapters focus on particular individuals both well and lesser known, including Millicent Garrett Fawcett and Emmeline Pankhurst, as well as Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy, Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, Lady Isabel Margesson and Isabella Ford. Later chapters highlight the interrelationship between the British movement and suffrage campaigns across the globe with reference to Austria, Japan, New Zealand, Australia and the USA. The chapters deal with issues around strategies, social class, employment, religion, nationalism, empire and race and explore complex issues about women’s roles in campaigning for their democratic right to the parliamentary vote. Offering the reader a broad view of the British women’s suffrage movement, this is the ideal volume for students of women’s and political history in both its national and international contexts.
Literature of the Women's Suffrage Campaign in England
Title | Literature of the Women's Suffrage Campaign in England PDF eBook |
Author | Carolyn Christensen Nelson |
Publisher | Broadview Press |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 2004-06-25 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9781551115115 |
During the British women’s suffrage campaign of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, women wrote plays to convert others to their cause; they wrote essays to justify their militant actions; and they wrote fiction and poetry about their prison experiences. This volume is a diverse collection of these writings, focused on the women’s suffrage campaign in England and written primarily during the brief period between the New Woman writers of the 1890s and the modernists of the twentieth century. Many of these works have not been reprinted since they were first published. This important collection includes essays reflecting a variety of opinions and political positions; excerpts from autobiographies by women involved in the movement; suffrage poetry; the song that became the official song of the British suffrage movement; several one-act plays that were written and performed specifically to advance the suffrage cause; and short stories and excerpts from novels about suffrage.
Women's Suffrage in the British Empire
Title | Women's Suffrage in the British Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Ian Christopher Fletcher |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 278 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 113563999X |
This edited collection examines the campaign for women's suffrage from an international perspective. Leading international scholars explore the relationship between suffragism and other areas of social and political struggle, and examine the ideological and cultural implications of gendered constructions of 'race', nation and empire. The book includes comprehensive case-studies of Britain, India, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Palestine.
The Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain and Ireland
Title | The Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain and Ireland PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Crawford |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 315 |
Release | 2013-04-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1136010548 |
In this comprehensive study, Elizabeth Crawford provides the first survey of women’s suffrage campaigns across the British Isles and Ireland, focusing on local campaigns and activists. Divided into thirteen sections covering the regions of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, this book gives a unique geographical dimension to debates on the suffrage campaign of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Through a study of the grass-roots activists involved in the movement, Crawford provides a counter to studies that have focused on the politics and personalities that dominated at a national level, and reveals that, far from providing merely passive backing to the cause, women in the regions were engaged in the movement as active participants Including a thorough inventory of archival sources and extensive bibliographical and biographical references for each region, including the addresses of campaigners, this guide is essential for researchers, scholars, local historians and students alike.