Maureen Wright

Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy and the Victorian Feminist Movement

The biography of an insurgent woman

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Produktbeschreibung

Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy (1833-1918) was one of the most significant pioneers of the British women's emancipation movement. Wolstenholme Elmy referred to herself as an 'initiator' of movements, and she was at the heart of every campaign Victorian feminists conducted. This title presents a portrait of this '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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 509g
• ISBN-13: 9780719081095
• ISBN-10: 0719081092
• Artikelnr.: 33615335

Autorenporträt

Maureen Wright works in the School of Social, Historical and Literary Studies, University of Portsmouth.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements List of plates Abbreviations The song of the insurgent women Frontispiece Introduction 1. The making of a feminist: 1833
62 2. Headmistress: The Education Campaign 1863
October 1867 3. The "Parliamentary Watch
Dog": November 1867
October 1874 4. Calvary to resurrection: October 1874
82 5. The 'Great Mole' of the women's movement: 1883
90 6. The Women's Emancipation Union: 1891
July 1899 7. 'The Cold Dark Night is Past': August 1899
May 1906 8. 'At Eventide There Will Be Light': June 1906
March 1918 Conclusion Poem 'New Year's Day', 1900 Cast of characters Select bibliography Index