Women of the Right Spirit - Paid Organisers of Women s Social Political Union Wspu, 190418

Informationen zum Autor Krista Cowman is Professor of History at the University of Lincoln. Klappentext 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 Zusammenfassung 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 -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Becoming an organiser2. 'They wanted me here': organisers and the itinerant life3. 'There was only one member... when I arrived': working as a district organiser4. Life at headquarters5. 'I urge you not to run the risk of arrest': organisers and militancy 6. 'There is [no] person living who, as an organiser, would entirely satisfy some people!': Organisers and dissent7. WSPU organisers and the warConclusionBiographical appendixSelect bibilographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Cowman, Krista Cowman
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2011
• EAN: 9780719070037
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-7003-7
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Gender in History; Gender in History (Paperback)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories