The Suffragette: The History of the Women's Militant Suffrage Movement

by Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst

Book Overview

By 1903, more than fifty years of peaceful campaigning had brought British women no closer to attaining the right to vote. In that year activist Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Women's Social and Political Union, a militant organization dedicated to achieving women's suffrage. The union's motto, Deeds not words, reflected its radical approach, consisting of stone-throwing, window-breaking, arson, and physical confrontation with authorities.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486804844
• ISBN13: 9780486804842
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.0" x 8.0"