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The Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain, 1866-1928

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  • © 1999

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  1. Sophia A. Wingerden
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. Introduction

    • Sophia A. van Wingerden
    Pages 1-21

  3. Early Years — 1870 to 1884

    • Sophia A. van Wingerden
    Pages 22-54

  4. The ‘Doldrums’ — Women’s Suffrage 1885 to 1904

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    Pages 55-69

  5. ‘Deeds, not Words!’ — the Women’s Social and Political Union

    • Sophia A. van Wingerden
    Pages 70-95

  6. ‘Suffrage Ladies’ and the ‘Shrieking Sisterhood’

    • Sophia A. van Wingerden
    Pages 96-107

  7. Quakers, Actresses, Gymnasts and other Suffragists

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    Pages 108-117

  8. Conciliation

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    Pages 118-135

  9. Descent into Chaos

    • Sophia A. van Wingerden
    Pages 136-153

  10. Patriots and Feminists

    • Sophia A. van Wingerden
    Pages 154-171

  11. After the Vote was Won

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    Pages 172-181

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 182-227
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This book tells the story of the women's suffrage movement in Britain beginning with John Stuart Mill's proposal of a women's suffrage amendment to a reform bill. It ends with the victory of 1928, concluding more than 50 years of repeated defeats, anti-suffragism, militancy, imprisonment, hunger strikes and forcible feeding, and multiple internal splits and their only partial victory of 1918. It is not intended to break new ground in academia, but to provide an introduction to the general reader that covers the entire relevant time period and introduces major themes and issues.

About the author

SOPHIA A. VAN WINGERDEN is an attorney in New York. She graduated from Harvard University in history and literature and received an M.A. in history from the University of Sussex and her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.

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