| Sylvia Pankhurst: A Life In Radical Politics Contributor(s): Davis, Mary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0745315186 ISBN-13: 9780745315188 Publisher: Pluto Press (UK) OUR PRICE: $35.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1999 Annotation: In a long and active life (1882-1960), Sylvia Pankhurst was a tireless activist for a variety of radical causes, including women's rights, labor organization and international solidarity movements. She made pioneering contributions to revolutionary communist politics and the struggles against imperialism, racism, and fascism. In addition, Pankhurst founded and edited four newspapers, wrote and published twenty-two books and pamphlets and countless articles.In this biography, Mary Davis provides a much-needed reappraisal of a woman whose contribution to a wide variety of causes is too often marginalized or overlooked, whether as the employer of the first black journalist in Britain" the activist and writer Claude McKay" or as an early campaigner for pan-Africanism. Pankhurst's changing affiliations and commitments" from her early suffragette activities, though her involvement with disenfranchised and impoverished women in London's East End, to her passionate embrace of the Soviet revolution and the cause of communism worldwide" mirror the history of radical politics in the twentieth century. Mary Davis's lucid and accessible account of Pankhurst's political life restores a remarkable woman to her rightful place in twentieth-century history. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Political - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 5.36" W x 8.46" (0.56 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
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| Publisher Description: Sylvia Pankhurst was a tireless activist for a variety of radical causes, including women's suffrage, labour movements and international solidarity campaigns. She made pioneering contributions to gender and class politics, revolutionary communist politics and the struggles against imperialism, racism and fascism. In addition, Pankhurst founded and edited four newspapers, and wrote and published twenty-two books, and numerous pamphlets and articles. In this biography, Mary Davis provides a much-needed reappraisal of a woman whose contribution to a wide variety of causes is too often marginalised or overlooked, whether as the employer of the first black journalist in Britain - the activist and writer Claude McKay - or as an early campaigner for pan-Africanism. Pankhurst's changing affiliations and commitments - from her early suffragette activities, though her involvement with disenfranchised and impoverished women in London's East End, to her passionate embrace of the Soviet revolution, the cause of communism worldwide and the fight against imperialism and fascism - mirror the history of radical politics in the twentieth century. Mary Davis's lucid and accessible account of Pankhurst's political life restores a remarkable woman to her rightful place in twentieth-century history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Davis, Mary: - Mary Davis is Professor of Labour History at London Metropolitan University. She has written widely on labour and women's history, most recently Sylvia Pankhurst (Pluto, 1999) and Comrade or Brother? (Pluto, 2009). |