Beschreibung:
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.
Acknowledgements List of plates Abbreviations The song of the insurgent women Frontispiece Introduction 1. The making of a feminist: 1833-62 2. Headmistress: The Education Campaign 1863 - October 1867 3. The "Parliamentary Watch-Dog": November 1867 - October 1874 4. Calvary to resurrection: October 1874-82 5. The 'Great Mole' of the women's movement: 1883-90 6. The Women's Emancipation Union: 1891 - July 1899 7. 'The Cold Dark Night is Past': August 1899 - May 1906 8. 'At Eventide There Will Be Light': June 1906 - March 1918 Conclusion Poem 'New Year's Day', 1900 Cast of characters Select bibliography Index