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Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy and the Victorian Feminist Movement: The Biography of an Insurgent Woman
Hardback
Main Details
Title |
Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy and the Victorian Feminist Movement: The Biography of an Insurgent Woman
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Maureen Wright
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Series | Gender in History |
Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:296 | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138 |
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Category/Genre | British and Irish History |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780719081095
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Classifications | Dewey:324.623092 |
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Audience | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
Illustrations |
Illustrations, black & white
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Manchester University Press
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Imprint |
Manchester University Press
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Publication Date |
30 September 2011 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This book provides the first full-length biography of Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy (1833-1918) - someone referred to among contemporaries as 'the grey matter in the brain' of the late-Victorian women's movement. A pacifist, humanitarian 'free-thinker', Wolstenholme Elmy was a controversial character and the first woman ever to speak from a public platform on the topic of marital rape. Lauded by Emmeline Pankhurst as 'first' among the infamous militant suffragettes of the Women's Social and Political Union, Wolstenholme Elmy was one of Britain's great feminist pioneers and, in her own words, an 'initiator' of many high-profile campaigns from the nineteenth into the twentiethth century. Wright draws on an extensive resource of unpublished correspondence and other sources to produce an enduring portrait that does justice to Wolstenholme Elmy's momentous achievements. -- .
Author Biography
Maureen Wright works in the School of Social, Historical and Literary Studies, University of Portsmouth
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