The Very Salt of Life: Welsh Women's Political Writings from Chartism to Suffrage: Welsh Women's Political Writings from Chartism to Sufferage (Honno's Welsh Women's Classics) - Softcover

Jane Aaron

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9781870206907: The Very Salt of Life: Welsh Women's Political Writings from Chartism to Suffrage: Welsh Women's Political Writings from Chartism to Sufferage (Honno's Welsh Women's Classics)

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ISBN 10: 1870206908 ISBN 13: 9781870206907

Publisher: Honno Ltd, 2007

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With voices including female Chartists, patriotic defenders of Wales, feminists working for women's equality within religious and educational institutions, early socialists and temperance campaigners, The Very Salt of Life introduces a diverse range of texts covering a century of Welsh women's political writings. Incorporating material in Welsh and English from a wide range of sources, the work displays the deep engagment of women in all aspects of the public life of the nation.

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"This anthology makes available valuable documents about women's aspirations, grievances, toils and triumphs which would not otherwise be easily accessible." --Angela V. John, University of Aberystwyth

About the Author:

Jane Aaron is a professor of English at the University of Glamorgan who also teaches Welsh writing in English, English Romanticism, and literary research methodology. She is an editor of the Honno Welsh Women's Classics series and she has also published several books in both the English and Welsh languages. Dr. Ursula Masson was a well-respected historian at the University of Glamorgan, and her work was largely devoted to Welsh women and politics. The University of Glamorgan now holds an Ursula Masson Memorial Prize.

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