Emmeline Pankhurst

Emmeline Pankhurst
ISBN-10
113512096X
ISBN-13
9781135120962
Series
Emmeline Pankhurst
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
304
Language
English
Published
2012-11-12
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Paula Bartley

Description

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.

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