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  • Christabel Pankhurst

    A Biography

    by June Purvis ...
    Series series Women's and Gender History
    Together with her mother, Emmeline, Christabel Pankhurst co-led the single-sex Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), founded in 1903 and soon regarded as the most notorious of the groupings campaigning for the parliamentary vote for women. A First Class Honours Graduate in Law, the determined and charismatic Christabel, a captivating orator, revitalised the women’s suffrage campaign by ... Read more

    $98.99 CAD

  • Emmeline Pankhurst

    A Biography

    by June Purvis ...
    Emmeline Pankhurst was perhaps the most influential woman of the twentieth century. Today her name is synonymous with the 'votes for women' campaign and she is remembered as the most brave and inspirational suffrage leader in history. In this absorbing account of her life both before and after the campaign for women's suffrage, June Purvis documents her early political work, her active role within ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Connecting Women's Histories

    The local and the global

    Edited by Barbara Bush, June Purvis ...
    Reflecting upon the diverse aspects of the entangled histories of women across the world (mainly, but not exclusively, during the twentieth century), this book explores the range of ways in which women’s history, international history, transnational history and imperial and global histories are interwoven.Contributors cover a diverse range of topics, including the work of British women’s activist ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • British Women's Histories of the First World War

    Representing, Remembering, Rewriting

    Edited by Maggie Andrews, Alison Fell, Lucy Noakes, June Purvis ...
    This lively collection of essays showcases recent research into the impact of the conflict on British women during the First World War and since.Looking outside of the familiar representations of wartime women as nurses, munitionettes, and land girls, it introduces the reader to lesser-known aspects of women’s war experience, including female composers’ musical responses to the war, changes in the ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • HeteroSexual Politics

    Edited by Mary Maynard, June Purvis ...
    Sexuality and sexual politics have been much debated over the last 20 years and feminists, in particular, have been responsible for politicising the debate, pointing out how something which is usually regarded as private and personal is, in fact, a public and political issue. This text illustrates the diversity and excitement of debates about sexuality in women's studies and feminism today, and ... Read more

    $135.99 CAD

  • Researching Women's Lives From A Feminist Perspective

    Edited by Mary Maynard, June Purvis ...
    Women's studies is a rapidly expanding field with a tremendous growth in the number of London courses available. As a result of this there has been increasing debate about the nature of feminist research. Can a specifically feminist methodology be identified? Which research methods are most appropriate in feminist work? What is the difference between a feminist approach and other forms of ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • A History of the Girl

    Formation, Education and Identity

    Edited by Mary O'Dowd, June Purvis ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book is centered on the history of the girl from the medieval period through to the early twenty-first century. Authored by an international team of scholars, the volume explores the transition from adolescent girlhood to young womanhood, the formation and education of girls in the home and in school, and paid work undertaken by girls in different parts of the world and at different times. It ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • The British Women's Suffrage Campaign

    National and International Perspectives

    Edited by June Purvis, June Hannam ...
    Series series Women's and Gender History
    This book brings together twelve chapters from feminist historians from around the world to offer new perspectives on aspects of the campaign for women’s suffrage in Britain.Although the focus is on Britain, this volume signals how the women’s suffrage campaign in Britain embraced both national and global aspects. The historical developments and structures that affected women’s lives and suffrage ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

  • Votes For Women

    Edited by Sandra Holton, Dr June Purvis, June Purvis ...
    Series series Women's and Gender History
    Votes for Women provides an innovative re-examination of the suffrage movement, presenting new perspectives which challenge the existing literature on this subject.This fascinating book charts the history of the movement in Britain from the nineteenth century to the postwar period, assessing important figures such as;* Emmeline Pankhurst and the militant wing* Millicent Garrett Fawcett, leader of ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

  • Women's Activism

    Global Perspectives from the 1890s to the Present

    Edited by Francisca de Haan, Margaret Allen, June Purvis, Krassimira Daskalova ...
    Series series Women's and Gender History
    Women’s Activism brings together twelve innovative contributions from feminist historians from around the world to look at how women have always found ways to challenge or fight inequalities and hierarchies as individuals, in international women’s organizations, as political leaders, and in global forums such as the United Nations.The book is divided into three parts. Part one, brings together ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • Women's History: Britain, 1850-1945

    An Introduction

    Edited by June Purvis ...
    Series series Women's and Gender History
    Women's History: Britain 1850-1945 introduces the main themes and debates of feminist history during this period of change, and brings together the findings of new research.It examines the suffrage movement, race and empire, industrialisation, the impact of war and womens literature. Specialists in their own fields have each written a chapter on a key aspect of womens lives including health, the ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • The Sturdy Oak (new edition)

    by Elizabeth Jordan ...
    Series series Foundations of Feminist Fiction
    An early novel in the First Wave of Feminism, with original proceeds donated to the suffrage movement, written by fourteen different, popular writers of the early Twentieth Century.With a new introduction placing The Sturdy Oak as a foundational story of feminist literature, this composite novel, written by fourteen popular authors including nine women, was drawn together during first wave of ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD