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Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy and the Victorian Feminist Movement
The biography of an insurgent woman
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English
Published/Copyright:
2011
About this book
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 twentieth 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 Wright draws on an extensive resource of unpublished correspondence and other sources to produce an enduring portrait that does justice to Wolstenholme Elmy’s momentous achievements.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 / Editor information
Contributor: Maureen Wright
Maureen Wright works in the School of Social, Historical and Literary Studies, University of Portsmouth
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Front matter
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Contents
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List of plates
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Abbreviations
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Acknowledgements
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'The song of the insurgent women'
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Introduction
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1 The making of a feminist: 1833–61
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2 Headmistress
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3 The ‘parliamentary watchdog’
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4 Calvary to resurrection
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5 The ‘great mole’ of the women’s movement 1883–90
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6 The Women’s Emancipation Union, 1891–July 1899
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7 ‘The cold dark night is past’
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8 ‘At eventide there will be light’
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Conclusion
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Poem 'New Year’s Day 1900'
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Cast of characters
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Select bibliography
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Index
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eBook published on:
September 13, 2023
eBook ISBN:
9781847794574
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eBook ISBN:
9781847794574
Keywords for this book
Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy; women's emancipation movement; Victorian feminists; human rights advocate; Vigilance Association; parliamentary watch-dog; lobbying; feminist theorist; conjugal rape; rights of women
Audience(s) for this book
For a non-specialist adult audience
