The Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain, 1866-1928 - by S Van Wingerden (Hardcover)

About the Book

An introduction to the women's suffrage movement in Britain from its origins in the mid 19th century to militancy, the First World War and victory in 1928.

Book Synopsis

This book tells the story of the women's suffrage movement in Britain beginning with John Stuart Mill's proposal of a women's suffrage amendment to a reform bill. It ends with the victory of 1928, concluding more than 50 years of repeated defeats, anti-suffragism, militancy, imprisonment, hunger strikes and forcible feeding, and multiple internal splits and their only partial victory of 1918. It is not intended to break new ground in academia, but to provide an introduction to the general reader that covers the entire relevant time period and introduces major themes and issues.

About the Author

SOPHIA A. VAN WINGERDEN is an attorney in New York. She graduated from Harvard University in history and literature and received an M.A. in history from the University of Sussex and her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.