Struggle and Suffrage in Swindon: Women's Lives and the Fight for Equality

by Frances Bevan

As the industrial revolution and the coming of the railways transformed the Wiltshire countryside Swindon women were on the front line of change, shaping the new industrial town and transforming the old market one.

Incomers arrived from the great railway centres across the country to create a welcoming, tolerant and creative community with women's contribution at its heart.

Following the incorporation of Old and New Swindon in 1900 innovative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526718219
• ISBN13: 9781526718211
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Pen and Sword History
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"