Description
Book SynopsisThe first study of how a group of diverse women spread, built and sustained a national network of branches supporting the militant suffrage campaign in Britain in the years before the First World War
Trade Review'Cowman's work is to be welcomed for the fresh perspective it brings to bear on the WSPU's activities. Her focus on the movement's organisers allows her to integrate the local and national dimensions of the women's suffrage campaaign into a coherent and engaging account.'
Kathryn Rix, History of Parliament
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Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. Becoming an organiser
2. ‘They wanted me here’: organisers and the itinerant life
3. ‘There was only one member… when I arrived’: working as a district organiser
4. Life at headquarters
5. ‘I urge you not to run the risk of arrest’: organisers and militancy
6. ‘There is [no] person living who, as an organiser, would entirely satisfy some people!’: Organisers and dissent
7. WSPU organisers and the war
Conclusion
Biographical appendix
Select bibilography
Index
