March, Women, March
Author(s): Lucinda Dickens Hawksley
This fascinating book uses anecdotes and accounts by both famous and hitherto lesser known suffragettes and suffragists to explore how the voice of women came to be heard throughout the land in the pursuit of equal votes for females. Using diary extracts and letters, the main protagonists of the women's movement are brought back to life as Lucinda Dickens Hawksley explores how they were portayed in literature and art as well as the media reports of the day.
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Praise for the previous edition "This is a wonderful, inspiring story told with scholarship, passion, and wit. . . .Gripping, surprising, and very enjoyable." --Award-winning actress Miriam Margolyes "An accessible and engaging guide to the original women's movement." --the Telegraph Praise for the previous edition "This is a wonderful, inspiring story told with scholarship, passion, and wit. . . .Gripping, surprising, and very enjoyable." --Award-winning actress Miriam Margolyes "An accessible and engaging guide to the original women's movement." --the Telegraph
Lucinda Dickens Hawksley is the great-great-great granddaughter of Charles Dickens and a patron of the Charles Dickens Museum in London. She has written more than 20 books, including Lizzie Siddal, The Tragedy of a Pre-Raphaelite Supermodel (2004) and Katey, The Life and Loves of Dickens's Artist Daughter (2006). A part-time lecturer as well as a writer, Lucinda is an expert in Dickens's family life and has been awarded a fellowship to study the life of Augustus Dickens (Charles's brother and the original "Boz") at the Newberry Library in Chicago.
General Fields
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- : Carlton Books, Limited
- : Andre Deutsch Ltd
- : 05 October 2017
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Lucinda Dickens Hawksley
- : Hardback
- : English
- : 324.6230941
- : 256
