Emmeline Pankhurst

<p>In this well-structured fluent and lively account Paula Bartley uses new archival material to assess whether Pankhurst should be seen as a heroine or a tyrant a conservative or a progressive.</p><p>Emmeline Pankhurst was the most prominent campaigner for the women's right to vote and was transformed into a popular heroine of the early twentieth century. Early in life she was attracted to socialism she grew into an entrenched and militant suffragette and ended up as a Conservative Party candidate.</p><p>This new biography examines the guiding principles that underpinned all of Emmeline Pankhurst's actions and places her achievements within a wider social and political context.</p>