lives of the suffragettes
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Abrams, Fran
- Publish Year
- 2003
- Shelfmark
- B5294 - B
- Thesaurus
- suffragettes, eerste feministische golf, vrouwenbewegingen, vrouwenkiesrecht, Verenigd Koninkrijk, historisch, 19e eeuw, 20e eeuw
- Description
- The lives of twelve women and men who were touched by the suffragette movement are described. The central question of the book is what they really achieved in the society, not only the votes for women, but did they reach much more related to role of women throughout the whole society. Described are: Elizabeth Woltenholme Elmy, Emmeline Pankhurst, Annie Kenney, Fred Pethick-Lawrence, Adela Pankhurst, Keir Hardie, Mary Ward, May Billinghurst, Emily Wilding Davison, Millicent Fawcett, Constance Markievicz and Margaret Bondfield.