| Description |
xx, 374 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-353) and index. |
| Contents |
1 Bread and roses: 1913 -- 2 Silence is requested: campaigning before 1903 -- 3 Deeds and words: 1903-1909 -- 4 Foot soldiers: 1909-1912 -- 5 Bad news: the hight of militancy -- 6 A beckoning road: the suffragists' response -- 7 Stepping out: the great pilgrimage -- 8 Sufferage: the pilgrimage continues -- 9 We are people, too: the pilgrimage concludes -- 10 Patriotism is not enough: 1913-1915 -- 11 Half a loaf: 1916-1918 -- 12 The sequel: 1918-1928. |
| Summary |
Set against the colourful background of the entire campaign for women to win the vote, 'Hearts and Minds' tells the remarkable and inspiring story of the suffragists' march on London. 1913: the last long summer before the war. The country is gripped by suffragette fever. These impassioned crusaders have their admirers; some agree with their aims if not their forceful methods, while others are aghast at the thought of giving any female a vote. Meanwhile, hundreds of women are stepping out on to the streets of Britain. They are the suffragists: non-militant campaigners for the vote, on an astonishing six-week protest march they call the Great Pilgrimage. Rich and poor, young and old, they defy convention, risking jobs, family relationships and even their lives to persuade the country to listen to them. This is a story of ordinary people effecting extraordinary change. |
| Subject |
Suffragists -- Great Britain.
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Women -- Suffrage -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Suffragists. (OCoLC)fst01137197
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Women -- Suffrage.
(OCoLC)fst01176996
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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Politics and Government.
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Politics and Government.
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
ebook version : 9781473540866 |
| ISBN |
9780857523914 |
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0857523910 |
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9781473540866 (ePub ebook) |
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