This is the first major study of the diverse personalities, achievements, and tactics of British feminist leaders of the 1920s and 1930s. Presenting sketches of sixteen prominent but very different feminists, the author examines the breadth and scale of their activities, explains the organizational context and ancestry of feminism between the wars, and underlines the achievements of the feminist movement in advancing women's political, occupational, and family roles at home and abroad. Highlighting the lives of the first generation of voting women in Britain, Prudent Revolutionaries provides...
This is the first major study of the diverse personalities, achievements, and tactics of British feminist leaders of the 1920s and 1930s. Presenting s...
This volume is a tribute to Sir Keith Thomas, one of Britain's greatest living historians, by distinguished scholars who have been his students. They describe the changing meanings of civility and civil manners since the sixteenth century, showing how the terms were used with respect to different people--women, the English and Welsh, imperialists, businessmen--and their effects in fields as varied as sexual relations, religion, urban politics, and private life.
This volume is a tribute to Sir Keith Thomas, one of Britain's greatest living historians, by distinguished scholars who have been his students. They ...
The British feminist movement has often been studied, but so far nobody has written about its opponents. Dr Harrison argues that British feminism cannot be understood without appreciating the strength and even the contemporary plausibility of 'the Antis', as the opponents of women's suffrage were called. In a fully documented approach which combines political with social history, he unravels the complex politics, medical, diplomatic and social components of the anti-suffrage mind, and clarifies the Antis' central commitment to the idea of separate but complementary spheres for the two sexes....
The British feminist movement has often been studied, but so far nobody has written about its opponents. Dr Harrison argues that British feminism cann...
The voice of Jesus Himself, as well as the apostolic and prophetic voices found echoing down through church history, have long expressed a clarion call to the body of Christ to maintain a bright and brilliant unity with God, and with each other-a unity put on full display for all to see. These voices have long been shouted down or altogether silenced by other aspects of church mission which have all but drowned out this, the simplest and most basic expressed will of Christ.
The voice of Jesus Himself, as well as the apostolic and prophetic voices found echoing down through church history, have long expressed a clarion cal...
Architect Paul Dial creates his most famous building in Ava, Missouri. Its the first building his brother didn't help him with and its the building Paul murders a woman in. He is sent to Dr. Cylus Pine's facility moments after the end of PROGENY for a very specific reason. While there, he begins to unravel all the work Maguire, Elissa, Lester, Charlie have made. And in doing so, reveals a secret connection with one of them. What is Dr. Pine hiding about his facility that Paul Dial knows? Will Dr. Pine lose his own grip on reality? The life and death fall are not just for the patients, even...
Architect Paul Dial creates his most famous building in Ava, Missouri. Its the first building his brother didn't help him with and its the building Pa...
In desperate need of money for his newly opened mental asylum, Dr. Cylus Pine begins work with a producer of a reality show to use his facility for the basis of a brand new show that airs for 24 hours. When things go horribly wrong, Dr. Pine begins to wonder if its scripted or not.
In desperate need of money for his newly opened mental asylum, Dr. Cylus Pine begins work with a producer of a reality show to use his facility for th...
