| Description |
1 online resource (192 pages). |
| Series |
Voices from history |
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Voices from history.
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| Access |
Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
In 1914, the East London Federation of Suffragettes, led by Sylvia Pankhurst, split from the WSPU. Sylvia's mother and sister, Emmeline and Christabel, had encouraged her to give up her work with the poor women of East London—but Sylvia refused. Besides campaigning for women to have an equal right to vote from their headquarters in Bow, the ELFS worked on a range of equality issues which mattered to local women: they built a toy factory, providing work and a living wage for local women; they opened a subsidized canteen where women and children could get cheap, nutritious food; and they launched a nursery school, a crèche, and a mother-and-baby clinic. The work of the Federation (and "our Sylvia," as she was fondly known by locals) deserves to be remembered, and this book, filled with astonishing first-hand accounts, aims to bring this amazing story to life as its centenary approaches. |
| System Details |
System requirements: Adobe Digital editions. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Pankhurst, E. Sylvia (Estelle Sylvia), 1882-1960.
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East London Federation of the Suffragettes.
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HISTORY / Social History.
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Suffragists -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century.
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East End (London, England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Jackson, Sarah, illustrator.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Jackson, Sarah. East London suffragettes. Stroud : The History Press, 2014. 9780750960939 (OCoLC)ocn899974355 |
| Standard No. |
9780750962162 |
| ISBN |
9780750962162 (e-pub) |
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