The British Women's Suffrage Campaign

This book brings together twelve chapters from feminist historians from around the world to offer new perspectives on aspects of the campaign for womenâs suffrage in Britain. Although the focus is on Britain this volume signals how the womenâs suffrage campaign in Britain embraced both national and global aspects. The historical developments and structures that affected womenâs lives and suffrage struggles were not limited to national contexts. Early chapters focus on particular individuals both well and lesser known including Millicent Garrett Fawcett and Emmeline Pankhurst as well as Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy Princess Sophia Duleep Singh Lady Isabel Margesson and Isabella Ford. Later chapters highlight the interrelationship between the British movement and suffrage campaigns across the globe with reference to Austria Japan New Zealand Australia and the USA. The chapters deal with issues around strategies social class employment religion nationalism empire and race and explore complex issues about womenâs roles in campaigning for their democratic right to the parliamentary vote. Offering the reader a broad view of the British womenâs suffrage movement this is the ideal volume for students of womenâs and political history in both its national and international contexts. . Language: English