Women's Suffrage Books

New and Published Books

1. Separate Spheres

   The Opposition to Women's Suffrage in Britain

   By Brian Harrison

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women's History

   The British feminist movement has often been studied, but so far nobody has written about its opponents. Dr Harrison argues that British feminism cannot be understood without appreciating the strength and even the contemporary plausibility of ‘the Antis’, as the opponents of women’s suffrage were...

   Published October 9th 2012 by Routledge
2. Rise Up, Women!

   The Militant Campaign of the Women's Social and Political Union, 1903-1914

   By Andrew Rosen

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women's History

   The suffragette movement shattered the domestic tranquillity of Edwardian England. This book is an original and searching study of the formidable organization which led this campaign: the Women’s Social and Political Union. With the use of previously unpublished correspondence of Mrs Emmeline...

   Published October 9th 2012 by Routledge
3. Fit Work for Women

   Edited by Sandra Burman

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women's History

   This book presents a collection of papers which discuss the origins of the domestic ideal and its effects on activities usually undertaken by women: not only on women’s wage work, but also on activities either not defined as work or accorded an ambiguous status. It discusses the formation of the...

   Published October 9th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Woman Movement

   Feminism in the United States and England

   By William L. O'Neill

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women's History

   This unusual book traces the development of the feminist movement in America and, to a lesser extent, in England. The comparison between the movements is enlightening. Professor O’Neill starts with Mary Wollstonecraft and traces the development of the attack on Victorian institutions right up to...

   Published October 9th 2012 by Routledge