Ladies Elect

Auteur: Hollis, Patricia (Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Honorary Fellow of Girton College, Cambridge, and member of the House of Lords.)
Editeur: Oxford University Press
Fifty years before the suffragettes fought to have the parliamentary vote, women in England were able to elect and be elected to local district councils, school boards, and Poor Law boards. This pioneering study explores the world of those women who held elected office, looking at the hostility they incited but also their success.

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Fifty years before the suffragettes fought to have the parliamentary vote, women in England were able to elect and be elected to local district councils, school boards, and Poor Law boards. This pioneering study explores the world of those women who held elected office, looking at the hostility they incited but also their success.
ISBN / EAN 9780198221579
Auteur Hollis, Patricia (Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Honorary Fellow of Girton College, Cambridge, and member of the House of Lords.)
Editeur Oxford University Press