Wright Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy and the Victorian Feminist Movement

The biography of an insurgent woman
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-84779-457-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 296 Seiten

Reihe: Gender in History

This book provides the first full-length biography of Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy (1833–1918) – someone referred to among contemporaries as ‘the grey matter in the brain’ of the late-Victorian women’s movement.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wright, Maureen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. The making of a feminist: 1833–62
2. Headmistress: The Education Campaign 1863–October 1867
3. The “Parliamentary Watch-Dog”: November 1867–October 1874
4. Calvary to resurrection: October 1874–82
5. The ‘Great Mole’ of the women’s movement: 1883–90
6. The Women’s Emancipation Union: 1891–July 1899
7. ‘The Cold Dark Night is Past’: August 1899–May 1906
8. ‘At Eventide There Will Be Light’: June 1906–March 1918
Conclusion
Poem: ‘New Year’s Day’, 1900
Cast of characters
Select bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Wright Maureen:
Maureen Wright works in the School of Social, Historical and Literary Studies, University of PortsmouthMaureen Wright is an Associate Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Chichester