Votes for Ladies

The Suffrage Movement 1867 – 1918
Sheila McNeil

The Suffragettes are widely seen as the pinnacle of women's radical action in the early twentieth century. However, beyond the passion and drive of such ‘unladylike' militancy, were the organisation and aims of the movement as radical as its methods? Were the Suffragettes alone in the struggle for female emancipation? And how far can the introduction of limited female suffrage in 1918 be attributed to the
exploits of these women?

Votes For Ladies analyses this iconic women's movement and questions how far can really be seen as part of radical history.

Published by Bristol Radical History Group