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This book serves as an introduction to the extraordinary diversity of women's activism. Paula Bartley's original research is supported by a range of writing to provide a powerful impression of the actions taken by groups of women from across the social and political spectrum, making the book invaluable to both students and interested readers. These women set out to make a difference to their locality, their country and sometimes the world. The...

The first comprehensive overview of attempts to eradicate prostitution from English society, including discussion of early attempts at reform and prevention through to the campaigns of the social purists.

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 suffrage...

A vivid portrait of one of Britain's first women MPs and Minister in the 1945 Labour government. She was a key radical figure, involved in the major struggles of her time including women's suffrage, the anti-fascist campaign and was the first female Minister of Education.

Here is the first comprehensive overview of the attempts to eradicate prostitution from English society, including discussion of early attempts at reform and prevention through the campaigns of the social purists. This indispensable book reveals: reformers attitudes towards prostitute and prostitution, daily life inside reform institutions, attempts at moral education, developments in moral health theories, influence of eugenics, and at...

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Queen Victoria examines Victorian Britain from the perspective of the Queen. Victoriäs personal and political actions are discussed in relation to contemporary shifts in Britain¿s society, politics and culture, examining to what extent they did ¿ or did not ¿ influence events throughout her reign. Drawing from contemporary sources, including Queen Victoriäs own diaries, as well as the most recent scholarship, the book contextualises Victoria h...

Queen Victoria examines Victorian Britain from the perspective of the Queen. Victoriäs personal and political actions are discussed in relation to contemporary shifts in Britain¿s society, politics and culture, examining to what extent they did ¿ or did not ¿ influence events throughout her reign. Drawing from contemporary sources, including Queen Victoriäs own diaries, as well as the most recent scholarship, the book contextualises Victoria h...

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 suffrage...