The Suffragettes: In Pictures - Softcover

Atkinson, Diane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0752457969 ISBN 13: 9780752457963

Publisher: The History Press, 2010

Synopsis

The Suffragette movement was one of the most important political lobbying organisations in British history. Their fight for the right of women to vote highlighted the deep divide between the sexes that had existed for generations. Women sacrificed their positions in society and some, ultimatlely, their lives for the cause. Theirs is a story of passion and personality form the famous figures of Emmeline Pankhurst, Annie Kenney and Emily Wilding Davison, to the behind the scenes activities at the Women's Social and Political Union, their propaganda work, brilliant set-piece demonstrations and the escalation of militancy from 'pestering the politicians' to burning down buildings and attacking works of art. The moving and often shocking images that are central to this story are taken from the Suffragette Fellowship Collection, See for yourself how women changed political history and won themselves the right to vote.

About this title

About the Author:

DIANE ATKINSON lives in Shoreditch, London. She was born in the North-East and educated in Cornwall and London, where she completed a PhD on the politics of women's sweated labour. She taught history at secondary schools on London before moving to the Museum of London, where she worked as a lecturer and curator, specialising in women's history. Her website is: www.dianeatkinson.co.uk THE MUSEUM OF LONDON is one of the world's largest urban history museums and cares for over two million objects in its collection. the museum holds the Suffragette Fellowship Collection as part of its extensive archive on the history of London.

About this edition

• Publisher: The History Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0752457969
• ISBN 13: 9780752457963
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232