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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. -- .

Table of Contents

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: 2/28/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719091353, 978-0719091353
      ISBN10: 0719091357

      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

      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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