{"product_id":"vanishing-for-the-vote-9780719087493","title":"Vanishing for the vote","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInvestigates the boycott of the 1911 census by Suffragettes -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe thought we knew all about the dramatic campaigns of women for the vote. Until the original schedules became available of the 1911 census, carried out at the height of the suffragette hunger strikes. These revealed how many women resisted this official attempt to count them when they did not count as full citizens. Jill Liddington has mined the census records to bring vividly to life this long-hidden, brave challenge to an anti-suffrage government.'\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Pat Thane, Kings College, London\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A fascinating story, ingeniously told, meticulously researched, so as to illuminate both the woman suffrage movement and the social history of the period.'\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Linda Gordon, New York University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The rich data discussed in Vanishing for the Vote are key to this fascinating work.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'up to date in that it could only be written now, when historians are able to analyse millions of fragments of data and relate them back to named individuals... Liddington has a gift for innovation in history.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Liddington's hugely engaging account presents several interesting examples such as the group who camped out overnight in caravans on Wimbledon common or those who took part in organised entertainments like the one at Aldwych Skating Rink in London, attended by 500 women and 70 men.'\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART ONE: Prelude – people and their politics\u003cbr\u003e1. Charlotte Despard and John Burns, the Colossus of Battersea\u003cbr\u003e2. Muriel Matters goes vanning it with Asquith: campaigning cross country\u003cbr\u003e3. Propaganda culture: Clemence and Laurence Housman \u003cbr\u003e4. Parallel politics: Lloyd George plus Midlands suffragettes \u003cbr\u003ePART TWO: Narrative – October 1909 to April 1911\u003cbr\u003e5. Plotting across central London: census and tax resistance \u003cbr\u003e6. The battle for John Burns’ Battersea revisited \u003cbr\u003e7. The Census Bill and suffragette boycott plan \u003cbr\u003e8. Lloyd George goes a-wooing vs Burns’ ‘Vixens in Velvet’ \u003cbr\u003e9. The King’s Speech: Jessie Stephenson parachutes into Manchester \u003cbr\u003e10. Battleground for democracy: census versus women’s citizenship \u003cbr\u003ePART THREE: Census night – places and spaces\u003cbr\u003e11. Emily Wilding Davison’s Westminster – and beyond \u003cbr\u003e12. The Nevinsons’ Hampstead – and central London entertainments \u003cbr\u003e13. Laurence Housman’s Kensingon, with Clemence in Dorset \u003cbr\u003e14. Annie Kenney’s Bristol and Mary Blathwayt’s Bath \u003cbr\u003e15. Jessie Stephenson's Manchester, Hannah Mitchell’s Oldham Road \u003cbr\u003e16. English journey: sweeping back down from Teesside to Thames \u003cbr\u003ePART FOUR: The Census and beyond \u003cbr\u003e17. After census night: Clemence’s resistance, Asquith’s betrayal\u003cbr\u003e18. Telling the story: suffrage and census historiographies \u003cbr\u003e19. Sources and their analysis: Vanishing for the Vote? \u003cbr\u003eGAZETTEER OF CAMPAIGNERS jointly compiled with Elizabeth Crawford.\t\t\u003cbr\u003eSelect bibliography \u003cbr\u003eReferences: endnotes \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037338206551,"sku":"9780719087493","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719087493.jpg?v=1750935355","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/vanishing-for-the-vote-9780719087493","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}