The Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain, 1866-1928

This book tells the story of the women's suffrage movement in Britain beginning with John Stuart Mill's proposal of a women's suffrage amendment to a reform bill. It ends with the victory of 1928, concluding more than 50 years of repeated defeats, anti-suffragism, militancy, imprisonment, hunger strikes and forcible feeding, and multiple internal splits and their only partial victory of 1918. It is not intended to break new ground in academia, but to provide an introduction to the general reader that covers the entire relevant time period and introduces major themes and issues.

Chronology List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Preface Introduction The Ladies' Petition Early Years: 1870 to 1884 The 'Doldrums': Women's Suffrage 1885-1904 'Deeds, not Words!' the Women's Social and Political Union 'Suffrage Ladies' and the 'Shrieking' Sisterhood Quakers, Actresses, Gymnasts and other Suffragists Conciliation Descent into Chaos Patriots or Feminists? The Impact of War on Feminist Ideology After the Vote was Won Notes Bibliograghy Index