Britain, Society & the Vote
A national archive site. Well set out introduction which places the campaign
for the vote in a wider, global context.
The
Suffrage Cause Good teaching and learning unit for a detailed overview.
Well explained and clear didactic layout as in AS textbook. From
Oscail: Irish Adult Distanced learning Centre (Do not forget: at the time of
the women's suffrage movement, the present republic of Ireland was part of
the United Kingdom) As it says: "The aim of this unit is to examine the
campaign by women to win the vote, and to investigate the objectives of
different suffrage groups."§
A
candle for Caroline Caroline Norton fought a brutal husband and a
male-only political system to change the divorce laws. Natasha Walter of the
Guardian looks at the life of a forgotten heroine.
Mary J Seacole Overshadowed by Nightingale
until recently. This is the story.
Mary Seacole
As a rediscovered portrait in oils of Mary Seacole goes on display at the National Portrait Gallery,
this BBC audio report (about 10mins),
takes a look at the work of an unsung heroine
Mary WollstonecraftBBC audio report (about 10mins).
Lyndall Gordon describes the new research she brings to light in her latest biography of the 'first feminist'.
Josephine Butler (1828 - 1906) Concise bio from BBC
of the campaigner on behalf of women's education and of the rights
of those women with the least social standing & respect.
Deeds, not
Words New Statesman article by Kathryn
Hughes, (April 2005) about Emmeline Pankhurst, showing how she put
votes for women on to the national agenda.
Emmeline
Pankhurst: a biographical interpretation by J Purvis, University of
Portsmouth, United Kingdom. This article examines a dominant narrative
about, Emmeline Pankhurst in which Sylvia portrays her mother as a traitor
to the socialist cause, a leader who deliberately encouraged wealthy
Conservative women to join the WSPU and who failed to mobilise the working
classes, a misguided autocrat who supported a single-issue campaign, a weak
woman easily swayed by her eldest daughter, Christabel, and a failed mother
who neglected her less favoured children, Harry, Adela and Sylvia.
(Read Abstract)
A
“pair of … infernal queens”? As women-identified
women, Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst were forerunners of some of the
ideas articulated by radical feminists in the Second Wave of feminism in the
West in the 1970s. In this article, this theme is illustrated through
focusing on two key areas – the world-view of the Pankhurst women and their
style of leadership. By June Purvis, University of Portsmouth.
(Read Abstract)
Sylvia Pankhurst Reader "Suffragette style" Looks at writings and ideas of Sylvia P. Good article for quick reference. By Jane Elderton, International Socialism Journal, 1994.
Sylvia Pankhurst BBC audio report
(about 10mins). A look at the activist's life in Africa. A fierce socialist and internationalist,
as well as suffragist, she became involved in the Ethiopian cause in 1936, after the Italian invasion.
In 1956, she moved to Ethiopia with her son Richard and his wife Rita. And it's there - in Addis Addiba - that she's buried.
Thembi Mutch went to meet her family who still live there, and find out more about her life in Africa.
Class,
Race and Gender Excellent article based on the Sylvia Pankhurst
Memorial Lecture given September 2003 in Sheffield. Looks at the role of
Sylvia in making the movement a mass one. However, does more than that:
provides a clear overview of tactics, policies to a wide range of issues. By
Prof Mary Davies
Men and the Suffragettes
BBC audio report (about 10mins). Discussion
of men's contribution to The Cause and how they
reconciled their masculinity with the fight for
women's rights.
The suffragettes Two short articles by the historian Diane Atkinson from the PBS Great War background series
The Daily Express’ Reporting of Suffragette Crime 1913, long essay by Sadie Clifford, Sheffield University. The focus here is on the semantics of spin - the use of language by the Express to put over a view. Complex.
Sean Lang on why the campaign failed before 1914 Hosted on
school site from johndclare.net. Looks at Votes for Women in very structured way. Many subsidiary links in the format of the current guided learning UK style textbooks with each section having a basic outline narrative text, then documents and exercises. (includes the exercises used by the school - good practice). Worthwhile as a basic starter for structure
Suffragists Lose Fight in the House: 1915 A reprint of the New York Times article (with text transcribed) January 12, 1915, detailing the loss of the suffrage amendment in the United States Congress. Includes statements from those who opposed the suffrage amendment and extended comments by Christabel Pankhurst.
Sylvia Pankhurst and the east end suffragettes Interesting article from "Workers Power" site, arguing the importance of the female working class as opposed to the middle class politics of Pankhurst et al.
Spy Pictures of Suffragettes Revealed Photos uncovered by the National Archives show how the police spied on the suffragettes. These covert images are perhaps the UK's first spy pictures .
‘An Articulate and Definite Cry for Political Freedom’: the Ulster suffrage movement Diane Urquhart, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. This article analyses the development of the Ulster suffrage movement and assesses the impact of the third Irish home rule crisis of 1912-14 on the much lauded, although always tenuous, unity of Irish suffragism. Specialised but highlights the the role of the Ulster movement.
The Women of World War I
extracts from the book "War and Gender" by Professor Joshua S. Goldstein. Looks at UK, USA and Russian women in war
Mobilising Women in Great Britain.
You need to enter '36' in the "Turn to Page" box to go to the
Great Britain Chapter from Mobilizing woman-power by Harriet Stanton Blatch, 1918. This book (the entire book is available here) emphasizes the importance of women's contributions to World War I. It helps demonstrate the link British and American suffragists were making between wartime sacrifice and women's disenfranchisement. There is an interesting foreword by Theodore Roosevelt, which reveals his position on woman suffrage.
Sisters at War In 1914, the Pankhursts put aside the suffragette
struggle for a new campaign - the Great War. But now they were divided,
between those who were in favour of it and those against. In this extract
Paul Foot describes the culmination of the fight for votes for women
(February 2005, The Guardian)
The
Pankhursts and the War: suffrage magazines and First World War propaganda
(Be patient, takes time to load this pdf....) Explores the literary response
of the Pankhursts and their associates to the War, contrasting the patriotic
zeal of Britannia
with the radicalism of The
Dreadnought, asking how these New
Women used the press to win support for their various ideas. What devices
did they employ and how successfully were they received by their
contemporary readers? By Angela K Smith, University of Plymouth, Exmouth,
United Kingdom (Read Abstract)
The legacy of the Suffragettes BBC article to mark the 100th anniversary of the Women's Social and Political Union, better known as the Suffragettes. Contains audio interviews with academics and veteran campaigners and programmes.
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‘An Articulate and Definite Cry for Political Freedom’: the Ulster suffrage movement Diane Urquhart, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. This article analyses the development of the Ulster suffrage movement and assesses the impact of the third Irish home rule crisis of 1912-14 on the much lauded, although always tenuous, unity of Irish suffragism. Specialised but highlights the the role of the Ulster movement.
