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The 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

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'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 Contents

Introduction
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

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      Publisher Manchester University Press
      Published 1 December 2011
      ISBN-13 9780719070037
      978-0719070037
      ISBN-10 0719070031
      Also in:
      Non Fiction History European history Politics, Philosophy & Society Gender studies: women and girls

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The 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

      -- .

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      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

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