The Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain, 1866-1928 [Hardcover]

Sophia A. van Wingerden (Author)

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Publication Date: August 20, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0312218532 | ISBN-13: 978-0312218539

This book tells the story of the women's suffrage movement in Britain beginning with John Stuart Mill's proposal of a women's suffrage amendment to a reform bill. It ends with the victory of 1928, concluding more than 50 years of repeated defeats, anti-suffragism, militancy, imprisonment, hunger strikes and forcible feeding, and multiple internal splits and their only partial victory of 1918.

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About the Author

Sophia A. van Wingerden is an attorney in New York.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 255 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (August 20, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312218532
• ISBN-13: 978-0312218539
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,949,736 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars a great suffrage for a great book in your hand, June 28, 2009

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This review is from: The Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain, 1866-1928 (Hardcover)

this is a "must" book in your hand not a "should".It's to short , but precise and detalied book.you find what you search for this you feel lucky and happy too in the same time.
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