Chimica ambientale / Colin Baird

• Record Nr.: UNIPARTHENOPE000001619
• Autore: Baird, Colin
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bologna : Zanichelli, 1997
• ISBN: 88-08-08890-1
• Descrizione fisica: VI, 273 p. : ill. ; 27 cm
• Disciplina: 547
• Collocazione: P1 547-C/1
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Emmeline Pankhurst : a biography / / June Purvis

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910777485103321
• Autore: Purvis June
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002
• ISBN: 1-134-34191-1; 1-134-34192-X; 0-415-23978-8; 0-203-35852-X; 1-280-05112-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (465 p.)
• Collana: Women's and gender history
• Disciplina: 324.6/23/092; 324.623092
• Soggetti: Suffragists - Great Britain; Suffragists - Great Britain - Political activity
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 418-429) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Childhood and young womanhood 1858 1879; 2 Marriage and entry into political life 1880 March 1887; 3 Political hostess June 1887 1892; 4 Socialist and public representative 1893 1897; 5 Widowhood and employment 1898 February 1903; 6 Foundation and early years of the WSPU March 1903 January 1906; 7 To London February 1906 June 1907; 8 Autocrat of the WSPU July 1907 September 1908; 9 Emmeline and Christabel October 1908 January 1909; 10 A new and more heroic plane January September 1909; 11 Personal sorrow and fortitude September 1909 early January 191112 The truce renewed January November 1911; 13 The women's revolution November 1911 June 1912; 14 Break with the Pethick Lawrences July October 1912; 15 Honorary treasurer of the WSPU and agitator October 1912 April 1913; 16 Prisoner of the Cat and Mouse Act April August 1913; 17 Ousting of Sylvia and a fresh start for Adela ugust 1913 January 1914; 18 Fugitive January August 1914; 19 War work and a second family September 1914 June 1917; 20 War emissary to Russia: Emmeline versus the Bolsheviks June October 1917; 21 Leader of the Women's Party November 1917 June 191922 Lecturer in North America and defender of the British Empire September 1919 December 1925; 23 Last years: Conservative parliamentary candidate 1926 June 1928; 24 Niche in history; Notes; Select bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Emmeline Pankhurst was perhaps the most influential woman of the twentieth century. Today her name is synonymous with the 'votes for women' campaign and she is remembered as the most brave and inspirational suffrage leader in history. In this absorbing account of her life both before and after the campaign for women's suffrage, June Purvis documents her early political work, her active role within the suffrage movement and her role as a wife and mother within her family.<BR>This fascinating full-length biography of Emmeline Pankhurst, the first for nearly seventy years, draws upon new approach