Emily Davies and the mid-Victorian women's movement:

Emily Davies was a central figure in the mid-Victorian women's movement. Formidably intelligent, fiercely determined, and an indefatigable campaigner and organiser, the socially and politically conservative Davies directed the first campaign for female suffrage in 1866-7. She was one of the fir...

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Main Author: Hendry, John 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2024
Series:Oxford scholarship online
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Online Access:DE-12
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Summary:Emily Davies was a central figure in the mid-Victorian women's movement. Formidably intelligent, fiercely determined, and an indefatigable campaigner and organiser, the socially and politically conservative Davies directed the first campaign for female suffrage in 1866-7. She was one of the first women elected to public office in 1870, campaigned successfully for the admission of girls to school leaving examinations, played a significant part in the reform of girls' secondary school provision, and established Girton College, Cambridge, Britain's first university-level college for women. This book combines the first scholarly biography of Davies with a radically new account of the mid-Victorian women's movement
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 302 Seiten)
ISBN:9780198910268
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780198910237.001.0001

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