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Zusatztext 'One cannot fail to admire Crawford's encyclopaedic knowledge of the British Suffrage Movement.' - Women's History Magazine Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Crawford is an independent researcher and the owner of 'Woman and Her Sphere', a business specialising in seling antiquarian books, pamphlets, postcards and ephemera by and about women. She is author of The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928 (2001) and Enterprising Women: The Garretts and Their Circle (2002). Klappentext 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. 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. Attempts to involve women of all classes at a local level were highly successful! and uniquely! Crawford also shows the extent of male support across the provinces. Such support was fundamental to the success of the suffrage movement. Zusammenfassung With an inventory of archival sources, extensive bibliographical and biographical references for each region and the addresses of campaigners, this comprehensive book provides the first survey of women's suffrage campaigns across Britain and Ireland. Inhaltsverzeichnis England Northwest Northeast Yorkshire East Midlands East Anglia Central West Midlands Southwest Wessex Southeast Wales Scotland Ireland