Brian Howard Harrison

Barrie Stuart Trinder

Banbury 1830-1860

Drink and Sobriety in an Early Victorian Country Town

Professor of Modern British History and Fellow of Corpus Christi Church Brian Harrison

This is the first major study of the personalities, achievements, and tactics of British feminist leaders between the wars. It brings out the breadth and scale of their activities, and explains their contribution towards broadening women's political, occupational, and family roles at home and abroad. Dr Harrison clarifies the organizational context and ancestry of inter-war feminism through creating a portrait gallery of sixteen prominent but very differentfeminists. Some (Lady Astor and Ellen Wilkinson, for example) are well-known, but are approached from a new angle; others, equally significant and interesting, are now almost forgotten. Overall, the book provides a composite portrait of the reforming personality, and illuminates the tactical and strategicdilemmas that face the reformer who aims to transform a hostile climate by working through democratic institutions.Drawing on interviews as well as a wide range of manuscript and other sources, Prudent Revolutionaries throws new light on the first generation of women to possess the vote in Britain. It makes a valuable contribution to the social and political history of Britain between the wars.

Portraits of British Feminists Between the Wars

Prudent Revolutionaries

Stability and Change in Modern Britain

Peaceable Kingdom

The Temperance Question in England, 1815-1872

Drink and the Victorians

Henry Colin Gray Matthew

British Academy

50,000 biographies and 60 million words record the lives of the men and women who shaped all aspects of British history. All walks of life are represented, new fields greatly increased alongside more traditional areas. A new focus gives extended coverageto the regions, Britons abroad and former colonies.

from the earliest times to the year 2000

Oxford dictionary of national biography

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