Rebel girls : their fight for the vote
2006, First Edition. London : Virago. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #476820
ISBN: 1844081680
Physical description; xiv, 402 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Chronology and organisations – Introduction : Edwardian ancestors – Part 1. Dawn 1903-1906 – Daughter : Adela Pankhurst – New woman : Mary Gawthorpe – Suffragettes released : Adela and Mary – Part 2. Landscapes and communities 1906-1907 – Tailoress and writer : Lavena Saltonstall – 'Baby suffragette' : Dora Thewlis – Painting the valley : Florence Lockwood – Part 3. Hearts and Minds 1907-1911 – Votes for women everywhere : Mary Murdoch and the Coates clan – "Womanly endurance' : Edith Key and Lavena Saltonstall – Banners and vanners : Isabella Ford and her sisters – 'A genius for revolt' : Adela and Mary again – Part 4. Mavericks and democrats 1911-1914 – Such smashing girls : Leonora Cohen – Pillar-boxes and beefeaters : Molly Morris and Leonora – Pilgrims and fugitives : Florence Lockwood and Lilian Lenton – Unsafe City : Leonora, Lilian and Florence again – Part 5. Afterwards 1914-2005 – Living with the memory – Rebel Girls : writing narrative history – Appendices. Subjects; Women – Suffrage – England, Northern – History – 20th century. Suffragists – England, Northern – History – 20th century. Suffragettes – England, Northern – History – 20th century. Women political activists – England, Northern – History – 20th century.
Price: €14.95