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Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy and the Victorian Feminist Movement: The Biography of an Insurgent Woman
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Full Title:
Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy and the Victorian Feminist Movement: The Biography of an Insurgent Woman
Contributors:
By (Author) Maureen Wright
Series:
Publisher:
Manchester University Press
Imprint:
Manchester University Press
Publication Date:
28th February 2014
Country:
United Kingdom
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Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
296
Dimensions:
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
Description
This book provides the first full-length biography of Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy (1833-1918) - someone referred to among contemporaries as 'the grey matter in the brain' of the late-Victorian women's movement. A pacifist, humanitarian 'free-thinker', Wolstenholme Elmy was a controversial character and the first woman ever to speak from a public pl
Author Bio
Maureen Wright is an Associate Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Chichester
