Kitty Marion - Actor and Activist

Informationen zum Autor Viv Gardner is Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of Manchester Klappentext This is the unpublished autobiography of Kitty Marion, an actress, music hall performer, suffragette arsonist and campaigner in the American birth control movement. Written in the 1930s, Marion's story of activism offers a unique insight into a lifetime dedicated to the improvement of women's lives in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Zusammenfassung This is the unpublished autobiography of Kitty Marion, an actress, music hall performer, suffragette arsonist and campaigner in the American birth control movement. Written in the 1930s, Marion’s story of activism offers a unique insight into a lifetime dedicated to the improvement of women’s lives in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrationsAcknowledgementsThe EditorsList of abbreviations Introduction The Autobiography1. Germany 2. England 3. Militant Suffrage 4. War 5. 'Hail Columbia' 6. Birth Control 7. Peace Epilogue Appendix I: Home Office Papers: Prison ReportsAppendix II: Prison LettersAppendix III: Home Office: Citizenship Reports Select BibliographyIndex

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Viv Gardner, VIV Atkinson Gardner
• Con la collaborazione di: Diane Atkinson (Editore), Atkinson Diane (Editore), Maggie B. Gale (Editore), Viv Gardner (Editore), Gardner Viv (Editore)
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781526138040
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-3804-0
• Pagine: 296
• Serie: Women, Theatre and Performance; Women, Theatre and Performance
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Teatro, balletto; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Women, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, Autobiography: arts & entertainment, Theatre Studies, Social and cultural history, Autobiography: arts and entertainment