Synopses & Reviews
The suffragettes outraged Victorian societyyet behind the protests, arrests, and hunger strikes, this comprehensive and compelling biography reveals that the family lives of Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters, the movement's leading lights, were just as dramatic. Martin Pugh's meticulous research makes use of neglected archive material and eye-witness accounts to examine the tense relationships, tortured political disagreements and alliances, and very public victories and defeats that marked the lives of this sometimes dysfunctional, but always exceptional, family. While exposing the inner workings of the suffragette movement, this astonishing account explores the triumphs and tragedies of four extraordinary women who changed the course of women's history.
Synopsis
A re-issue of this comprehensive and compelling biography of the Pankhurst family; extraordinary women whose work for the rights of women challenged the very heart of the political and social establishment. Martin Pugh is the pre-eminent historian on suffragettes.
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About the Author
Martin Pugh is the author of 10 books on 19th- and 20th-century British political, social, and women's history, including Hurrah for the Blackshirts!, The March of the Women, and State and Society.