Suffragette Manifestos

by Various

Overview

A collection of writings, speeches, and pamphlets documenting Britain's fight for women's right to vote

Bringing together the voices of the British women who fought for equal rights and representation - from aristocrats and actresses to mill workers and trade unionists - these speeches, pamphlets, letters and articles form an inspiring testament to the power of a movement.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780241472415
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	06/08/2021
Series:	Penguin Great Ideas
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	848,905
Product dimensions:	4.40(w) x 7.08(h) x 0.39(d)

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Table of Contents

Fourteen Reasons for Supporting Women's Suffrage 1

Reasons for and against the Enfranchisement of Women Barbara Bodichon 3

Our Policy: An Address to Women concerning the Suffrage Frances Power Cobbe 18

The House of Commons and Women's Suffrage 33

Speeches by Members of the Women's Social and Political Union 36

Suffragist Demonstration in Edinburgh 48

The Women's Suffrage Movement among Trade Unionists Eva Gore-Booth 54

The Civic Rights of the Married Woman Constance Smedley 71

Woman in the Past and Future Margaret McMillan 79

'Why I Want the Vote' Maud Arncliffe Sennett 86

Some Reasons Why Working Women Want the Vote 89

Letter to Members of the Women's Social and Political Union Emmeline Pankhurst 91

Extract from Special Branch report Annie Kenney 94

Married Women's Work and Infantile Mortality Selina Cooper 97

Princess's Unpaid Taxes 100

Freedom or Death Emmeline Pankhurst 102

The Woman's Dreadnought Sylvia Pankhurst 111

The Price of Liberty Emily Wilding Davison 114

The Women's Victory - and After Millicent Garrett Fawcett 119

Suffragette Biographies 126