The British Women's Suffrage Campaign

"This book brings together twelve chapters from feminist historians from around the world to offer new perspectives on aspects of the campaign for women's suffrage in Britain. It signals how the women's suffrage campaign in Britain embraced both national and global aspects. Chapters deal with issues around strategies, social class, employment, religion, nationalism, empire and race and explore complex issues about women's roles in campaigning for their democratic right to the parliamentary vote. Offering a broad view of the British women's suffrage movement, this is the ideal volume for students of women's and political history in both its national and international contexts"--