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Women of the Right Spirit: Paid Organisers of the Women´s Social and Political Union (Wspu), 1904–18
Krista Cowman
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Description for Women of the Right Spirit: Paid Organisers of the Women´s Social and Political Union (Wspu), 1904–18
Paperback. The first study of how a group of diverse women spread, built and sustained a national network of branches supporting the militant suffrage campaign in Britain in the years before the First World War Series Editor(s): Sharpe, Pamela; Summerfield, Penny; Abrams, Lynn; Beattie, Cordelia. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 161 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
This book is the first investigation on how official organizers built and sustained the national militant campaign of the Women’s Social and Political Union between 1903 and 1918. Whilst the overall policy of the Union was devised by an ever-decreasing circle of women, centred around the mother-daughter team of Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst, much of its actual activity, including its more extreme militant actions such as arson, was devised and implemented by these organizers who worked in the provinces and in London.
Women of the right spirit reveals organizers to be a diverse bunch of women, whose class ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Gender in History
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719070037
SKU
V9780719070037
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Ref
99-23
About Krista Cowman
Krista Cowman is Professor of History at the University of Lincoln. -- .
Reviews for Women of the Right Spirit: Paid Organisers of the Women´s Social and Political Union (Wspu), 1904–18
'Cowman's work is to be welcomed for the fresh perspective it brings to bear on the WSPU's activities. Her focus on the movement's organisers allows her to integrate the local and national dimensions of the women's suffrage campaaign into a coherent and engaging account.' Kathryn Rix, History of Parliament
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