Struggle and suffrage in Leatherhead
Spindler, Lorraine2018
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The road to suffrage for the women of Leatherhead was often bumpy and unwelcomed by men and women alike. The Women's Suffrage Caravan rolled into Leatherhead on Saturday, 16 May 1908, its presence inciting riots amongst many of the menfolk. The town's Unionist Club in December 1908 passed the motion that it was 'unpropitious' for legislation on the question of women's suffrage and yet, from behind the closed door of her home in Belmont Road, women's rights campaigner Marie Stopes had begun to pen 'Married Love'; suffrage campaigner Dame Millicent Fawcett would fascinate her audience at Victoria Hall in 1910; and Emmeline Pankhurst's arrest and detention at Leatherhead police station would capture the interest of the nation, placing Leatherhead centre stage of the push towards revolution in women's rights.
Main title:
Struggle and suffrage in Leatherhead / Lorraine Spindler.
Author:
Spindler, Lorraine, author
Imprint:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, 2018.
Collation:
176 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781526712424 (pbk)
Dewey class:
942.2165
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2780528