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.
Introduction1. The making of a feminist: 1833-622. Headmistress: The Education Campaign 1863-October 18673. The "Parliamentary Watch-Dog": November 1867-October 18744. Calvary to resurrection: October 1874-825. The 'Great Mole' of the women's movement: 1883-906. The Women's Emancipation Union: 1891-July 18997. 'The Cold Dark Night is Past': August 1899-May 19068. 'At Eventide There Will Be Light': June 1906-March 1918ConclusionPoem: 'New Year's Day', 1900Cast of charactersSelect bibliographyIndex