{"product_id":"emmeline-pankhurst-9780415325936","title":"Emmeline Pankhurst","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmmeline Pankhurst was perhaps the most influential woman of the twentieth century. Today her name is synonymous with the ''votes for women'' campaign and she is remembered as the most brave and inspirational suffrage leader in history. In this absorbing account of her life both before and after the campaign for women''s suffrage, June Purvis documents her early political work, her active role within the suffrage movement and her role as a wife and mother within her family.\u003cbr\u003eThis fascinating full-length biography of Emmeline Pankhurst, the first for nearly seventy years, draws upon new approaches to feminist biography to place her within the context of her family and friends. It is based upon an unrivalled range of primary sources, including personal interviews with her surviving family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'What Purvis does for Emmeline Pankhurst in her new biography is to provide a detailed, scrupulous, excellently researched retelling of the story, and thus offer a vindication of the woman.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eMichael Foot, The Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The product of careful and thorough research, offering in many respects an important corrective to established views ... Purvis has tracked down surviving letters in many scattered collections, as well as patiently trawling through newspaper reports of Emmeline's speeches, and gaining exclusive access to the late Jill Craigie's collection of suffrage material' - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMark Bostridge, Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'[T]he story has all the things that should make for gripping biography - spirited women, nice clothes, a noble goal, the ghastly thrill of physical torture...There is no doubt that Purvis's biography is expert, accomplished and perhaps most important, acutely aware of the way in which historical reputations are made and remade according to who is doing the telling...not an especially jaunty read, but an important one.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eKathryn Hughes, Sunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Purvis's work has involved 10 years of research in innumerable archives on both sides of the Atlantic and Australia. Her sources embrace letters, newspapers and other ephemera; fascinating, particularly the anatomy of militancy.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eScotland on Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'[A]n exercise in rehabilitation ... Pankhurst does at last get the biography she deserves - and, it is to be hoped, her place in the political pantheon.' -\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'What Purvis does for Emmeline Pankhurst in her new biography is to provide a detailed, scrupulous, excellently researched retelling of the story, and thus offer a vindication of the woman.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eMichael Foot, The Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The product of careful and thorough research, offering in many respects an important corrective to established views ... Purvis has tracked down surviving letters in many scattered collections, as well as patiently trawling through newspaper reports of Emmeline's speeches, and gaining exclusive access to the late Jill Craigie's collection of suffrage material' - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMark Bostridge, Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The book offers a needed revisionist view of a bold and charismatic feminist leader.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Childhood and Young Womanhood  2. Marriage and entry in to Political life  3. Political Hostess  4. Social and public Representative  5. Widowhood and Employment  6. Foundation and early years of WSPU  7. To London  8. Autocrat of the WSPU?  9. Emmeline and Christabel  10. 'A New and More Heroic Plane.'  11. Personal Sorrow and Fortitude  12. The Truce Renewed  13. The Women's Revolution  14. Break with the Pethick Lawrences  15. Honorary Treasurer of the WSPU and Agitator  16. Prisoner of the Cat and Mouse Act  17. Ousting of Sylvia and a Fresh Start for Adela  18. Fugitive  19. War work and a second Family  20. War Emissary to Russia: Emmeline versus the Bolsheviks  21. Leader of the Women's Party  22. Lecturer in North America and Defender of the British Empire 23. Last Years: Conservative Parliamentary candidate.  24. Niche in History.","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138122482007,"sku":"9780415325936","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415325936.jpg?v=1751918084","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/emmeline-pankhurst-9780415325936","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}