Emmeline Pankhurst (Routledge Historical Biographies) - Hardcover

Bartley, Paula

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415206502 ISBN 13: 9780415206501

Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

In this well-structured, fluent and lively account, Paula Bartley uses new archival material to assess whether Pankhurst should be seen as a heroine or a tyrant, a conservative or a progressive.

Emmeline Pankhurst was the most prominent campaigner for the women's right to vote and was transformed into a popular heroine of the early twentieth century. Early in life she was attracted to socialism, she grew into an entrenched and militant suffragette and ended up as a Conservative Party candidate.

This new biography examines the guiding principles that underpinned all of Emmeline Pankhurst's actions, and places her achievements within a wider social and political context.

About this title

About the Author:

Paula Bartley is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Wolverhampton. She has published widely on women in history, notably The Changing Role of Women (1996) and Votes for Women(1998).

Review:

'Paula Bartley provides us with the feminist biography of Pankhurst for which we have been eagerly waiting.' - Harold L. Smith, University of Houston, Victoria.

'...this is a very useful and accessible text for both student and teacher. Her research is thorough and far reaching and leaves few unanswered questions about Emmeline Pankhurst.' - Susan Johnson, Women's History Magazine, June 2003

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0415206502
• ISBN 13: 9780415206501
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 312