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IRR 2000/60 The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928 Elizabeth Crawford UCL Press London 1999 785 pp. ISBN 1 84142 031 X L110.00
Keywords United Kingdom, Enfranchisement, Equity, Women, Democracy
Many people are aware of the women's suffrage movement only in terms of the somewhat violent protests by women in the early part of the nineteenth century, conjuring up images of women chained to railings, throwing themselves under racehorses and being forcibly fed in prison. It might therefore be something of a surprise to learn that the political campaign actually lasted for 62 years, from 1866 when John Stuart Mill presented the first petition to Parliament, to 1928 when women achieved full enfranchisement for the first time. As in many other areas, the foundations of universal franchise were laid by the Victorians, who, far from being the...