Rise up, women! : the militant campaign of the Women's Social and Political Union, 1903-1914 / / Andrew Rosen

• Autore: Rosen Andrew
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (343 p.)
• Disciplina: 324/.3/0941
• Soggetto topico: Women - Suffrage - Great Britain - History
• Note generali: "First published in 1974"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Antecedents; 2 Enter the Pankhursts; 3 The Founding of the WSPU; 4 Militancy Begins; 5 To London; 6 Rapid Growth; 7 The Split; 8 To Hyde Park!; 9 Frustration Mounts; 10 Violence Begins; 11 The Truce; 12 The Truce Renewed; 13 Violence, Flight, and Divided Counsels; 14 The Pethick-Lawrences Depart; 15 Bromley and Bow, and its Aftermath; 16 The Arson Campaign; 17 The Great Scourge; 18 The Arson Campaign, Continued; 19 The End of the Militant Campaign; 20 Epilogue: The Vote, and After; Notes; Selected Bibliography ; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The suffragette movement shattered the domestic tranquillity of Edwardian England. This book is an original and searching study of the formidable organization which led this campaign: the Women's Social and Political Union.With the use of previously unpublished correspondence of Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, her colleagues and such political leaders as Asquith, Balfour and Lloyd George, the author views the development of ever more extreme and violent forms of militancy not as a series of amusing exploits and incidents but as the carefully calculated political strategy the suffragettes int
• Titolo autorizzato: Rise up, women
• ISBN: 1-136-24754-8; 0-203-10400-5; 1-283-97307-3; 1-136-24755-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827491003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge library editions. . -Women's history.