Voices from History: East London Suffragettes

Name: Voices from History: East London Suffragettes
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In 1914, the East London Federation of Suffragettes, led by Sylvia Pankhurst, split from the WSPU. Sylvia's mother and sister, Emmeline and Christabel, had encouraged her to give up her work with the poor women of East London - but Sylvia refused. Besides campaigning for women to have an equal right to vote from their headquarters in Bow, the ELFS worked on a range of equality issues which mattered to local women: they built a toy factory, providing work and a living wage for local women; they opened a subsidized canteen where women and children could get cheap, nutritious food; and they launched a nursery school, a creche, and a mother-and-baby clinic. The work of the Federation (and 'our Sylvia', as she was fondly known by locals) deserves to be remembered, and this book, filled with astonishing first-hand accounts, aims to bring this amazing story to life as its centenary approaches.

Author Biography:

Sarah Jackson has a degree in English Literature from Cambridge University, an MSc in Gender Studies, and has worked for various women's rights charities. In 2013, she was able to bring this passion for women's rights together with her love of local history as coordinator of the East London Suffragette Festival. Rosemary Taylor was chair of the East London History Society, and then editor of their thrice-yearly newsletter. Her previous works include A Century of the East End and In Letters of Gold: The story of Sylvia Pankhurst and the East End Suffragettes.

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August 4th, 2014

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General (US: Trade)

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32 Illustrations, black and white

Dimensions

129x198x13

ISBN-13

9780750960939

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22258010

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