Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy and the Victorian Feminist Movement : the Biography of an Insurgent Woman.

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This book provides the first full-length biography of Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy (1833-1918) - someone referred to among contemporaries as?the grey matter in the brain? of the late-Victorian women?s movement. A pacifist, humanitarian?free-thinker?, Wolstenholme Elmy was a controversial character an...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wright, Maureen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2011.
Colección:Gender in history.
Temas:
Elmy, E. C. Wolstenholme > (Elizabeth C. Wolstenholme)
Feminists > Great Britain > Biography.
Féministes > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Feminists.
Great Britain.
Biography
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 9780719081095; 9780719081095; Copyright; Contents; List of plates; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; The song of the insurgent women; Figure 1 Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy at her writing tableSource: Reproduced with the permission of Congleton Museum; Introduction; 1 The making of a feminist: 1833-61; 2 Headmistress: The education campaign1862-67; 3 The 'parliamentary watchdog':1868-Spring 1874; 4 Calvary to resurrection: Summer 1874-82; 5 The 'great mole' of the women's movement:1883-90; 6 The Women's Emancipation Union,1891-July 1899: 'no mere suffrage society'
  • 7 'The cold dark night is past': August 1899-May 19068 'At eventide there will be light': June 1906-March 1918; Conclusion Women ... will never know how much they owe to her; New Year's Day 1900 War Against War in South Africa, 29 December 1899; Select bibliography; Index.

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