British Women's Fifty Years' Struggle for Citizenship
First Edition
METCALFE, A.E. Woman's Effort: A Chronicle of British Women's Fifty Years' Struggle for Citizenship (1865-1914). Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, 1917. Frontispiece and 6 illustrated plates. Woman's Effort is a history of the struggle for political citizenship, as told by Agnes Edith Metcalfe. She gives a granular history of the parliamentary actions as well as popular organizing that the British women's movement trenchantly and steadfastly carried out over this time period. She also covers militant flashpoints such as the bombing and arson campaign carried out by foundational group, the Women's Social and Political Union. Metcalfe's partisanship is clear but does not cloud the narrative, and lends itself well to a thorough analysis of an important social formation. Original green cloth boards, spine minorly sunned. Free endpaper has some minor foxing but the interior is clean and illustrations bright. A fascinating work that can be considered part history, part schematic for those who seek to make change. At the time that this description is being written, no copies are recorded in American institutions. OCLC search results are at best an estimate and can vary over time.Item #17299
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