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This book provides the first full-length biography of Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy (18331918) someone referred to among contemporaries as the grey matter in the brain' of the late-Victorian women's movement. -- .

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Acknowledgements List of plates Abbreviations The song of the insurgent women Frontispiece 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

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 9/30/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719081095, 978-0719081095
      ISBN10: 0719081092

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book provides the first full-length biography of Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy (18331918) someone referred to among contemporaries as the grey matter in the brain' of the late-Victorian women's movement. -- .

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements List of plates Abbreviations The song of the insurgent women Frontispiece 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

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