Votes for Women
Votes for Women by Marlow Joyce, published by Little, Brown on September 6, 2001, is a New Ed edition comprising 320 pages in English. This book presents a detailed history of the women’s rights movement, highlighting the struggles and triumphs of women who fought for their rights over several decades. Through a rich collection of extracts from diaries, newspapers, letters, and journals, Joyce Marlow captures the voices of women who were pivotal in this movement, illustrating their determination and courage in the face of societal opposition.
Readers will find a narrative that goes beyond well-known figures and events, focusing instead on the experiences of ordinary women from both middle and working-class backgrounds. The book emphasizes their cleverness, humor, and bravery as they navigated a tumultuous period marked by public scorn and personal sacrifice. By weaving together these personal accounts, Votes for Women offers a lively and comprehensive exploration of social history, showcasing the inspiring efforts of women who stood up for their rights and changed the course of history.
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Queen Victoria is most anxious to enlist everyone who can speak or write to join in checking this mad wicked folly of women’s rights, with all its attendant horrors, on which her poor sex is bent’ – 1870
It was a bloody and dangerous war lasting several decades, won finally by sheer will and determination in 1928. Drawing on extracts from diaries, newspapers, letters, journals and books, Joyce Marlow has pieced together this inspiring, poignant and exciting history using the voices of the women themselves. Some of the people and events are well-known, but Marlow has gone beyond the obvious, particularly beyond London, to show us the ordinary women – middle and working-class, who had the breathtaking courage to stand up and be counted – or just as likely hectored, or pelted with eggs. These women were clever and determined, knew the power of humour and surprise and exhibited ‘unladylike’ passion and bravery.
Joyce Marlow’s anthology is lively, comprehensive, surprising and triumphant.
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