The Bristol Suffragettes - Lucienne Boyce

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Résumé :
The fascinating story of Bristol's suffragette years.

Biographie:
Lucienne Boyce was brought up in the Midlands and now lives in Bristol, which is the inspiration and setting for much of her writing. Until a few years ago she had no idea that suffragettes were so active in the city. Then, while rummaging in the Corn Exchange market, she came across a photograph of a group of women standing under a Women's Suffrage banner. She's been researching and writing about the Bristol suffragettes ever since, and has set up a Bristol Suffragette Project website at lucienneboyce.com.

Sommaire:
9 Introduction 10 Bristol and the Suffragettes 12 The Women's Social and Political Union 16 The Suffragettes Come to Bristol 22 A Liberal City 24 Campaigning in Bristol 29 Stone-Throwing and Starvation 33 Militancy in Bristol 36 Criticism of the WSPU 39 Truce, Pageants and Plays 42 Resisting the Government: Tax and Census 43 Birrell Takes to His Bed 45 Hobhouse Lights a Fuse 47 The Argument of the Stone 50 Bristol and the Women's Revolution 60 The Woman-Torturing Coalition Government 62 Bristol's Churches 64 Deputation to the King 65 Suffragettes and Pacifists 66 At Last! 67 Some Bristol Suffragettes 81 A Walk with the Bristol Suffragettes map between pages 90 and 91 91 A Women's Suffrage Timeline 97 Note on Sources and Further Reading 100 Acknowledgements and Picture Credits 101 Bristol Suffragette Project 102 Endnotes 105 Index