1st Edition

Suffrage and the Pankhursts

By Jane Marcus Copyright 2002
    334 Pages
    by Routledge

    334 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 1987. This collection brings together important articles written by Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters during the Suffragette Campaign, 1903-14. Includes a transcript of the 1908 trial of the suffragette leaders, their speeches, and major pamphlets of the Women's Social and Political Union.

    Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Commons Debate on Woman Suffrage, Christabel Pankhurst; Chapter 3 The Militant Methods of the N.W.S.P.U., Christabel Pankhurst; Chapter 4 The Trial of the Suffragette Leaders, F. W. Pethick Lawrence; Chapter 5 Votes for Women in 1908. A Reply to Mr Lloyd George, Christabel Pankhurst; Chapter 6 Militant Methods; Chapter 7 Atrocities in an English Prison; Chapter 8 Broken Windows; Chapter 9 Defence, Emmeline Pankhurst; Chapter 10 Why we are Militant; Chapter 11 Letter Sent to Enquirers from 4, Clemen?s Inn; Chapter 12 Our Demand; Chapter 13 Why we Oppose the Liberal Government; Chapter 14 What Women Demand; Chapter 15 Votes for Women. The Conciliation Bill Explained; Chapter 16 Suffragist Prisoners are Political Offenders. Therefore they should be Treated as First-Class Misdemeanants; Chapter 17 A Message from the W.S.P.U.; Chapter 18 Window Breaking: To One who has Suffered; Chapter 19 The Outragettes; Chapter 20 The Great Scourge and how to end it, Christabel Pankhurst; Chapter 21 The Woman’s Dreadnought, Sylvia Pankhurst; Chapter 22 How shall we get the Vote?; Chapter 23 The Hunger and Thirst Strike and its Effects; Chapter 24 What Happened on May 24th; Chapter 25 A Minimum Wage for Women; Chapter 26 The Sweating Scandal; Chapter 27 How to Meet Industrial Conscription; Chapter 28 Stand by the Woman Worker; Chapter 29 We Must Persevere; Chapter 30 Death-Rate of Mothers; Chapter 31 One Woman, One Vote; Chapter 32 Why Wait?; Chapter 33 A Question of Tactics; Chapter 34 The Opportunity;

    Biography

    Jane Marcus