Description
Book SynopsisThe story of one of Britain's most famous radicals visiting the 'Land of the Free'
Trade Review'Sylvia Pankhurst's writing on America is vibrant and engaging, combining an impassioned critique of different and reinforcing forms of oppression. This volume affords new insights by placing the text in the turbulent political context in which it was written. An important contribution to history' -- Helen Pankhurst, writer, activist and Sylvia Pankhurst's granddaughter
'The relationship between Sylvia Pankhurst and America is decisive and crucial to understanding Pankhurst's politics, life and historical legacy. This is a timely and lively new contribution to Sylvia Pankhurst studies' -- Rachel Holmes, author of Eleanor Marx: A Life (2014) and Sylvia Pankhurst: Natural Born Rebel (2019)
'Sylvia Pankhurst's acute observations on American society are now accessible in this engaging book. Connelly's thoughtful introduction clarifies the significance of Sylvia's words at a crucial moment for the wider women's and labour movement' -- Karen Hunt, author of 'Equivocal Feminists: The Social Democratic Federation and the Woman Question'
'With this book Connelly cements her status as one of our foremost experts on Pankhurst, and gives us a vital addition not just to the suffragette, but socialist canon' -- Dr Louise Raw, author of Striking a Light: The Bryant and May Matchwomen and their Place in History (Continuum, 2011)
Table of ContentsPhotographs
Acknowledgements
Sylvia Pankhurst’s North American Tours – Timelines
Note on the Text
Introduction by Katherine Connelly
SYLVIA PANKHURST’S TEXT AND EDITOR’S INTRODUCTIONS
Preface
1. A Strike of Laundry Workers in New York
2. Laundries from the Inside
3. A Festival
4. Prisoners
5. A Socialist Administration – The Milwaukee City Council
6. A Red Indian College
7. Universities and Legislatures
8. The South
Notes
Index
