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Sylvia Pankhurst

Sexual Politics and Political Activism
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In Sylvia Pankhurst by Barbara Winslow, readers explore the dynamic life of Sylvia Pankhurst, a dedicated champion of women's suffrage and social reform. The biography delves into her relentless activism, highlighting her role in the suffrage movement, her contentious relationships with family, and her broader efforts in social justice beyond the vote. Throughout the book, Winslow paints a vivid portrait of Pankhurst's influence and challenges, offering insight into her enduring legacy.
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Sylvia Pankhurst

An extraordinary political biography of English suffragist, feminist, and socialist Sylvia Pankhurst.

An extraordinary political biography of English suffragist, feminist, and socialist Sylvia Pankhurst.

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Along with her mother Emmeline, and her sister Christabel, Sylvia Pankhurst was one of the leading women’s suffrage activists in early twentieth-century England, working with the militant Women’s Social and Political Union. Unlike her family, however, who looked to parliament and spoke to elite and middle-class women’s concerns, Sylvia consistently looked to working women and the labour movement as central to her feminist politics.

In this illuminating political biography, feminist historian Barbara Winslow recovers Sylvia Pankhurst’s life and work for a new generation of socialists and feminists. From Pankhurst’s organizing with immigrant and working women in London’s East End to her revolutionary communism, growing internationalism, and anti-fascism, Winslow gives us the story of a brilliantly inspiring unorthodox feminist and socialist.

Sylvia Pankhurst also includes a preface from internationally recognized socialist feminist historian and activist, Sheila Rowbotham.

Series: Feminist Classics

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Barbara Winslow's work offers an impressive account of Sylvia Pankhurst's contributions to feminism and socialism, shining a light on a crucial yet often overlooked thread of radical politics that remains relevant today.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781839761621

Publisher: Verso Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 July 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Verso Books

Contributors:

  • Foreword by Sheila Rowbotham

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 260g

Pages: 272

About the Author

Barbara Winslow is professor emerita of Women and Gender Studies at Brooklyn College, CUNY; and the founder and director emerita of Shirley Chisholm Project for Brooklyn Women’s Activism at Brooklyn College.

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