Struggle and Suffrage in Leeds

preview-18
  • Struggle and Suffrage in Leeds Book Detail

  • Author : Tina Jackson
  • Release Date : 2019-04-30
  • Publisher : Pen and Sword
  • Genre : Social Science
  • Pages : 182
  • ISBN 13 : 1526716860
  • File Size : 20,20 MB

Struggle and Suffrage in Leeds by Tina Jackson PDF Summary

Book Description: The story of Leeds is bound up in the stories of its women workers. But what were conditions like for ordinary women, and how did their lives change in the hundred years between 1850 and 1950? Who were the women who toiled in the mills, factories and sweatshops that transformed the city’s landscape? Where and how did they live? What did they do in their leisure time? What happened to them when they needed medical care? What did the campaign for suffrage mean in real-life terms for the women who had no vote and whose voices have rarely been heard? In Leeds, the campaign for suffrage was set against a backdrop of industry that relied on women workers for whom hardship was a fact of life. As the campaign for votes for women gained traction from the 1860s, social and political reformers and activists worked to improve conditions not just in industry, but in schools, hospitals and in the opportunities available to women and girls. Some of the women, like the prominent suffragette Leonora Cohen and Leeds’ first female MP, Alice Bacon, are still talked about, but the city’s history is full of the stories of exceptional, inspirational women who in their own ways did their bit, broke the mould, and refused to fit into proscribed roles. In doing so, they opened the door for women to achieve some of the freedoms we now take for granted. This new, fully illustrated book brings them back from obscurity and lets their voices to heard.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Struggle and Suffrage in Leeds books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Struggle and Suffrage in Leeds

Struggle and Suffrage in Leeds

File Size : 48,48 MB
Total View : 3586 Views
DOWNLOAD

The story of Leeds is bound up in the stories of its women workers. But what were conditions like for ordinary women, and how did their lives change in the hund

Struggle and Suffrage in Wakefield

Struggle and Suffrage in Wakefield

File Size : 79,79 MB
Total View : 8379 Views
DOWNLOAD

Much has been written about the men of Wakefield, but apart from a couple of well-documented individuals, the women of Wakefield have remained largely ignored.

Struggle and Suffrage in Sheffield

Struggle and Suffrage in Sheffield

File Size : 26,26 MB
Total View : 3256 Views
DOWNLOAD

A history of the women’s movement in Sheffield, England in the twentieth century, examining how women’s roles evolved during and between the world wars. Thi

Struggle and Suffrage in Windsor

Struggle and Suffrage in Windsor

File Size : 41,41 MB
Total View : 6726 Views
DOWNLOAD

An in-depth history of women who lived, worked, and fought for the vote in the town surrounding Windsor Castle. At drawing room meetings, debates, and rallies,