Emmeline Pankhurst [Paperback]

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.

This well-structured, fluent and lively account, uses new archival material to assess whether the prominent campaigner for the women's right to vote should be seen as a heroine or a tyrant, a conservative or a progressive.'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 2003Introduction: Principles before politics PART I A POLITICAL APPRENTICESHIP 18581903 1 Shaping a life 185880 2 The Liberal years 188094 3 The ILP years 18941903 PART II THE SUFFRAGETTE STORY 190314 4 Suffragette beginnings 190307 5 Deeds and words 190809 6 Deeds not words 191012 7 The height of militancy 191314 8 International fund-raising 190913 PART III LIFE AFTER THE VOTE 191428 9 The First World War 191418 10 Life after the war 191828US? 2002 Paula Bartley