1st Edition
The Life and Turbulent Times of Clara Dorothea Rackham Suffragist, Socialist, and Social Reformer
By Maroula Joannou
Copyright 2023
208 Pages
23 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
208 Pages
23 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
208 Pages
23 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This is the first critical study of Clara Dorothea Rackham née Tabor (1875–1966), a towering figure in the suffrage, labour, co-operative, peace, and adult education movements but virtually forgotten today.
This clearly written and engaging study is based on unpublished primary sources including Rackham’s unpublished speeches, letters, diaries, and contemporary media coverage of her work... Read more
0. Introduction 1. Young Clara 2. ‘Better is Wisdom than Weapons of War’: Suffragist and Factory Inspector 3. ‘Cambridge’s Clara’: Labour Councillor and Magistrate 4. ‘That Intolerable Woman’: Fighting for the Unemployed 5. War 6. After the Deluge
Biography
Maroula Joannou is Emerita Professor at Anglia Ruskin University attached to the Labour History Research Unit. She has published over forty book chapters and articles in peer-reviewed journals. She is the author of The Mobile Woman and the Migrant Voice and editor of volume eight of the Palgrave History of British Women’s Writing,
