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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
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Maureen Wright
SeriesGender in History
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:296
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenreBritish and Irish History
ISBN/Barcode 9780719081095
ClassificationsDewey:324.623092
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations Illustrations, black & white

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 30 September 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

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 Wright draws on an extensive resource of unpublished correspondence and other sources to produce an enduring portrait that does justice to Wolstenholme Elmy's momentous achievements.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