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Author: Blackburn, Helen:

Title: Women's Suffrage. A Record of the Women's Sufferage Movement in the British Isles with Biographical Sketches of Miss Becker.

Publication: London and Oxford: Williams & Norgate, 1902.

Description: First edition. 8vo., pp.298, [ii] + 24 plates of portraits, as called for, and 3 folding charts. Page at rear regarding the Central Society for Women's Suffrage, including list of names of the Executive Committee etc. A little very faint toning to half-title, otherwise clean and bright. Green publisher's cloth, gilt title to spine. Slightly cocked, spine a little toned, head caps creased and lightly rubbed, corners bumped, very good. To ffep, ownership inscription of the journalist, editor and author Harold E. Gorst (1868-1950), dated Feb. 1909. Gorst published prolifically, including Sketches of the Future (1898), a collection of satires written from a politically and socially conservative point of view, some of which ridicule feminism. His The Curse of Education (1901) describes, amongst other things, his thoughts about the education and mental capacity of women, the tone of which makes his ownership of this book particularly interesting to ponder. He was the husband of the novelist Nina Cecilia Francesca Kennedy (1869-1926), whose work was largely preoccupied with 'the deprivations of slum and suburban life' (The Oxford Companion to Edwardian Fiction).

"Helen Blackburn's (1842-1903) greatest contribution to the women's movement was, arguably, as noted author and historian. Her 'Women's suffrage: a record of the women's suffrage movement in the British Isles, with biographical sketches of Miss Becker' (1902) is an invaluable history of the Victorian campaign, its antecedents, organizational development, and personalities. She was the author of several well-argued suffrage pamphlets, and compiled the annual Women's Suffrage Calendar (1886?99) and A Handbook for Women Engaged in Social and Political Work (1881, 1895), an encyclopaedic compendium of information. Her writings epitomised the British movement's grasp of detail and meticulous marshalling of facts, and its understanding of the need for sound rational argument to counter entrenched prejudice and opposition to the cause. Her literary talents were put to further use as editor (1880?90) and joint editor (1890?95) of the Englishwoman's Review, a feminist journal founded and financially supported by Jessie Boucherett, with whom she shared a common interest in women's employment." (Walker, ODNB.)

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	Author: Blackburn, Helen: Title: Women's Suffrage. A Record of the Women's Sufferage Movement in the British Isles with Biographical Sketches of Miss Becker. Publication: London and Oxford: Williams & Norgate, 1902. Description: First edition. 8vo., pp.298, [ii] + 24 plates of portraits, as called for, and 3 folding charts. Page at rear regarding the Central Society for Women's Suffrage, including list of names of the Executive Committee etc. A little very faint toning to half-title, otherwise clean and bright. Green publisher's cloth, gilt title to spine. Slightly cocked, spine a little toned, head caps creased and lightly rubbed, corners bumped, very good. To ffep, ownership inscription of the journalist, editor and author Harold E. Gorst (1868-1950), dated Feb. 1909. Gorst published prolifically, including Sketches of the Future (1898), a collection of satires written from a politically and socially conservative point of view, some of which ridicule feminism. His The Curse of Education (1901) describes, amongst other things, his thoughts about the education and mental capacity of women, the tone of which makes his ownership of this book particularly interesting to ponder. He was the husband of the novelist Nina Cecilia Francesca Kennedy (1869-1926), whose work was largely preoccupied with 'the deprivations of slum and suburban life' (The Oxford Companion to Edwardian Fiction). "Helen Blackburn's (1842-1903) greatest contribution to the women's movement was, arguably, as noted author and historian. Her 'Women's suffrage: a record of the women's suffrage movement in the British Isles, with biographical sketches of Miss Becker' (1902) is an invaluable history of the Victorian campaign, its antecedents, organizational development, and personalities. She was the author of several well-argued suffrage pamphlets, and compiled the annual Women's Suffrage Calendar (1886?99) and A Handbook for Women Engaged in Social and Political Work (1881, 1895), an encyclopaedic compendium of information. Her writings epitomised the British movement's grasp of detail and meticulous marshalling of facts, and its understanding of the need for sound rational argument to counter entrenched prejudice and opposition to the cause. Her literary talents were put to further use as editor (1880?90) and joint editor (1890?95) of the Englishwoman's Review, a feminist journal founded and financially supported by Jessie Boucherett, with whom she shared a common interest in women's employment." (Walker, ODNB.) Bibliography: Reference Number: [55011] Price: £900 enquire << Back
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