Christabel Pankhurst: A Biography

ISBN-13: 9780815371496 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 590 str.

June Purvis

Opis

This full-length biography, the first for forty years, draws upon feminist approaches to biography writing to place Christabel Pankhurst within a network of supportive female friendships. It is based upon an unrivalled range of previously untapped primary sources.

Spis treści

Introduction  1 ‘Every struggling cause shall be ours …’: 1880–8  2 Growing up in an atmosphere of politics: 1889–91  3 Sisterly rivalry: 1892–6  4 Young womanhood: 1897–1902  5 Foundation and early years of the WSPU: 1903–4  6 Christabel and Annie go to prison: 1905  7 To London as strategist of the WSPU: 1906  8 Rapid growth of WSPU and splits: 1907  9 Greatest living speaker of her day: 1908  10 ‘Remember the dignity of your womanhood’: 1909  11 Personal sorrow and a truce: 1910  12 ‘Rise up women!’: 1911  13 Escape to France: January 1912–end of June 1912  14 Break with the Lawrences: July 1912–end of December 1912  15 The arson campaign and moral crusade: January 1913–end of September 1913  16 Troublesome sisters: ousting of Sylvia and a fresh start for Adela: October 1913–end of August 1914  17 War years abroad: October 1914–end of April 1917  18 Co-leader of the Women’s Party: May 1917–end of October 1918  19 Parliamentary candidate and single parent: November 1918–end of July 1921  20 Second Adventist ministry: August 1921–end of June 1928  21 Elizabeth/Betty/Aurea: July 1928–end of June 1940  22 Living in the United States: July 1940–December 1956  23 Final years: 1957–8  24 Legacy

O autorze

June Purvis is Emeritus Professor of Women’s and Gender History, University of Portsmouth, UK. She has published extensively on the suffragette movement in Edwardian Britain, her Emmeline Pankhurst: A Biography (Routledge, 2002) receiving critical acclaim. She is the Founding and Managing Editor of Women’s History Review, the Editor for a Women’s and Gender Book Series with Routledge, the Chair of Women’s History Network and the Secretary and Treasurer of the International Federation for Research in Women’s History.