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Christabel Pankhurst - A Biography (Hardcover)
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Christabel Pankhurst - A Biography (Hardcover)
Series: Women's and Gender History
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Together with her mother, Emmeline, Christabel Pankhurst co-led the
single-sex Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), founded in
1903 and soon regarded as the most notorious of the groupings
campaigning for the parliamentary vote for women. A First Class
Honours Graduate in Law, the determined and charismatic Christabel,
a captivating orator, revitalised the women's suffrage campaign by
rousing thousands of women to become suffragettes, as WSPU members
were called, and to demand rather than ask politely for their
democratic citizenship rights. A supreme tactician, her advocacy of
'militant', unladylike tactics shocked many people, and the
political establishment. When an end to militancy was called on the
outbreak of war in 1914, she encouraged women to engage in war work
as a way to win their enfranchisement. Four years later, when
enfranchisement was granted to certain categories of women aged
thirty and over, she stood unsuccessfully for election to
parliament, as a member of the Women's Party. In 1940 she moved to
the USA with her adopted daughter, and had a successful career
there as a Second Adventist preacher and writer. However, she is
mainly remembered for being the driving force behind the militant
wing of the women's suffrage movement. This full-length biography,
the first for forty years, draws upon feminist approaches to
biography writing to place her within a network of supportive
female friendships. It is based upon an unrivalled range of
previously untapped primary sources.
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