Mary Neal And The Suffragettes Who Saved Morris Dancing
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Mary Neal And The Suffragettes Who Saved Morris Dancing
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Author : Kathryn Atherton
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2024-04-04
Mary Neal And The Suffragettes Who Saved Morris Dancing written by Kathryn Atherton and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
At the beginning of the 20th century Morris dancing had all but died out in much of England. It was militant suffragettes and slum girls who kick-started the revival that returned the forgotten dances of the countryside to towns and villages across the nation. As a result of their commitment to preserve and pass on the dances, the Morris survived as a living tradition that is still performed to this day. And the impetus to do so came from the women’s aspiration to change society for the better, the same impetus that drove them to militant action and to prison. The Morris revival and the militant suffrage movement were inextricably linked. The leader of the dance revival, Mary Neal, was a life-long radical campaigner for the rights of women and children. With her friend Emmeline Pethick she ran the Esperance Girls’ Club in one of London’s most deprived areas. She and Emmeline both sat on the national committee of Mrs Pankhurst’s militant Women’s Social and Political Union, the most notorious of the groups campaigning for the vote for women. The women’s embrace of traditional dance was rooted in Mary’s aspirations for equality and her commitment to social and political reform. The beginning of the dance revival and the launch of the militant suffragette campaign in London coincided almost exactly. Launched by a rather forlorn band of rebels, the WSPU grew into a movement capable of inspiring loyalty and loathing in equal measure. The Morris revival developed from an entertainment in a club for impoverished girls into a nationwide initiative. Mary and Emmeline’s associates in the dance revival ranged from young girls who worked in the militant campaign’s offices to hunger-striking daughters of the aristocracy. Mary and Emmeline provided the leadership and commitment that enabled two radical movements to flourish in the early years of the 20th century, but both found themselves marginalised after policy disagreements – with the folklorist Cecil Sharp and Mrs Pankhurst respectively - led to devastating splits in their respective organisations. Both then found themselves misrepresented and written out of the histories of movements which might never have got off the ground without them. Only in recent decades have women begun to reclaim their place in the Morris dance movement, the very existence of which is a legacy of the militant campaign for the vote.
The Women S Suffrage Movement
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Author : Elizabeth Crawford
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2003-09-02
The Women S Suffrage Movement written by Elizabeth Crawford and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09-02 with History categories.
This widely acclaimed book has been described by History Today as a 'landmark in the study of the women's movement'. It is the only comprehensive reference work to bring together in one volume the wealth of information available on the women's movement. Drawing on national and local archival sources, the book contains over 400 biographical entries and more than 800 entries on societies in England, Scotland and Wales. Easily accessible and rigorously cross-referenced, this invaluable resource covers not only the political developments of the campaign but provides insight into its cultural context, listing novels, plays and films.
Suffragette Planners And Plotters
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Author : Kathryn Atherton
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2019-07-30
Suffragette Planners And Plotters written by Kathryn Atherton and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-30 with History categories.
This true story about the British fight for women’s suffrage “looks at the tumultuous relationship between two couples who led the militant movement” (Publishers Weekly). In early twentieth-century England, Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence was treasurer of the Women’s Social and Political Union, founded by the famed militant Mrs. Pankhurst. Emmeline’s husband, Fred, was the only man to achieve leadership status in the organization. Without their wealth, determination, and skills we might never have heard of the suffragettes—yet the couple has been largely forgotten while Mrs. Pankhurst and her daughters are still renowned. Emmeline was always at Mrs. Pankhurst’s side, while Fred was the ‘Godfather’ who stood bail for a thousand women. Both were imprisoned and force-fed. They provided the militant movement with its home and much of its vision, and it was their associates who initiated the hunger strike and who brought force-feeding to national attention. But in 1912, the couple was dramatically ousted from the organization by the Pankhursts in a move that has often been misrepresented. This book is the first in-depth portrait of the couple and their relationship with the Pankhursts—and of their inspirational fight not just for the vote for women but for freedom and equality across the world.
Lady Constance Lytton
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Author : Lyndsey Jenkins
language : en
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Release Date : 2015-03-12
Lady Constance Lytton written by Lyndsey Jenkins and has been published by Biteback Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Lady Constance Lytton (1869-1923) was the most unlikely of suffragettes. One of the elite, she was the daughter of a Viceroy of India and a lady in waiting to the Queen. She grew up in the family home of Knebworth and in embassies around the world. For forty years, she did nothing but devote herself to her family, denying herself the love of her life and possible careers as a musician or a reviewer. Then came a chance encounter with a suffragette. Constance was intrigued; witnessing Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst on trial convinced her of the urgent necessity of votes for women and she went to prison for the cause as gleefully as any child going on a school trip. But, once jailed, Constance soon found that her name and her connections singled her out for unwelcome special treatment. By now, 1909, the suffragettes were hunger striking and the government had retaliated with force-feeding. The stories that began to leak out - of bungled operations, of dirty tubes, of screams half-heard through brick walls, of straitjackets and handcuff s - outraged the suffragettes. Constance decided on her most radical step yet: to go to prison in disguise. Taking the name Jane Warton, she cut her hair, put on glasses and ugly clothes and got herself arrested in Liverpool. Once in prison, she was force-fed eight times before her identity was discovered and she was released. Her case became a cause célèbre, with debate raging in The Times and questions being asked in the House of Commons. Lady Constance Lytton became an inspiration and, in the end, a martyr. In this extraordinary new biography, Lyndsey Jenkins reveals for the first time the fascinating story of the woman who abandoned a life of privilege to fight for women's rights.
Jerusalem
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Author : Edwin John Lerner
language : en
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Release Date : 2022-12-09
Jerusalem written by Edwin John Lerner and has been published by John Hunt Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-09 with History categories.
Jerusalem: The Story of a Song is a popular history of England's unofficial national anthem, which began life as a poem by William Blake, was set to music by Hubert Parry and is sung every year at the Last Night of the Proms.
Mary Neal And The Esperance Morris
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Author : Roy Judge
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Mary Neal And The Esperance Morris written by Roy Judge and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with categories.
Six Fools And A Dancer
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Author : Anthony G. Barrand
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Six Fools And A Dancer written by Anthony G. Barrand and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Morris-dance categories.
Material Religion In Modern Britain
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Author : Timothy Willem Jones
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-01-26
Material Religion In Modern Britain written by Timothy Willem Jones and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-26 with Religion categories.
This volume contributes towards to developments in the study of religion that illuminate the plural nature of religious change in modern Britain. It makes a critical intervention in British studies of religion by bringing the analytical insights of material culture, to bear on religion in the British World.
Folk Music Journal
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Folk Music Journal written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Folk dancing categories.
Notable Sussex Women
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Author : Helena Wojtczak
language : en
Publisher: Hastings Press
Release Date : 2008
Notable Sussex Women written by Helena Wojtczak and has been published by Hastings Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'Notable Sussex Women' is a collection of 580 short biographies of women connected with Sussex.
