Focusing on Christabel Pankhurst's connections, this biography employs feminist perspectives to highlight her supportive network of female friendships. Drawing from an extensive array of previously untapped primary sources, it offers a fresh and comprehensive look at her life and contributions, marking the first full-length examination of her story in forty years.
In this account of Emmeline Pankhurst's life both before and after the campaign for women's suffrage, historian June Purvis documents her early political work, her active role within the suffrage movement and her role as a wife and mother.
Emmeline Pankhurst, a pivotal figure in the women's suffrage movement, is explored in this comprehensive biography that utilizes innovative feminist biographical methods. It contextualizes her life by examining her relationships with family and friends, shedding light on the personal influences that shaped her activism and legacy in the early twentieth century.
Women's History: Britain 1850-1945 introduces the main themes and debates of feminist history during this period of change, and brings together the findings of new research. It examines the suffrage movement, race and empire, industrialisation, the impact of war and womens literature. Specialists in their own fields have each written a chapter on a key aspect of womens lives including health, the family, education, sexuality, work and politics. Each contribution provides an overview of the main issues and debates within each area and offers suggestions for further reading. It not only provides an invaluable introduction to every aspect of womens participation in the political, social and economic history of Britain, but also brings the reader up to date with current historical thinking on the study of womens history itself.