| A Suffragette in America: Reflections on Prisoners, Pickets and Political Change Contributor(s): Pankhurst, E. Sylvia (Author), Connelly, Katherine (Editor), Connelly, Katherine (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0745339360 ISBN-13: 9780745339368 Publisher: Pluto Press (UK) OUR PRICE: $24.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Women - Political Science | Women In Politics - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.6" W x 8.5" (0.60 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is a collection of Sylvia Pankhurst's writing on her visits to North America in 1911-12. Unlike the standard suffragette tours which focused on courting progressive members of America's social elite for money, Pankhurst got her hands dirty, meeting striking laundry workers in New York, visiting female prisoners in Philadelphia and Chicago and grappling with horrific racism in Nashville, Tennessee. Adored by socialist students and progressive politicians, Pankhurst was also shocked by the dark underbelly of American society. Bringing her own experiences of imprisonment and misogyny from her political work in Britain, she found many parallels between the two countries. These never-before-published writings mark an important stage in the development of the suffragette's thought, which she brought back to Britain to inform the burgeoning working-class suffrage campaign there. The book also includes a contextualising introduction by Katherine Connelly. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pankhurst, E. Sylvia: - E. Sylvia Pankhurst (1882-1960) was an English campaigner for the suffragette movement, a prominent left communist and, later, an activist in the cause of anti-fascism.Connelly, Katherine: - Katherine Connelly is a leading member of Counterfire and a regular contributor to its online magazine. She has also contributed to International Socialism and Socialist Review, and is currently conducting doctoral research in History at Queen Mary, University of London. |