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Sylvia Pankhurst, natural born rebel, Rachel Holmes

Label
Sylvia Pankhurst, natural born rebel, Rachel Holmes
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
platesillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Sylvia Pankhurst
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1130360205
Responsibility statement
Rachel Holmes
Sub title
natural born rebel
Summary
The definitive biography of Sylvia Pankhurst, a woman ahead of her times -- political rebel, human rights champion and radical feminist. Born into one of Britain's most famous activist families, Sylvia Pankhurst was a natural rebel; a talented artist, prolific writer and newspaper editor. A free spirit and radical visionary, history placed her in the shadow of her famous mother Emmeline and elder sister Christabel. Yet Sylvia Pankhurst was the most revolutionary of them all. Sylvia found her voice fighting militantly for votes for women. Her commitment to equality caused her to serve multiple sentences in Holloway prison -- where she was tortured. The vote was just the beginning of her lifelong defense of human rights, from her early warnings of the rise of fascism in Europe, to her campaigning against racism and championing of the liberation struggles in Africa and India. Sylvia's adventures in America, Soviet Russia, Scandinavia, Europe and East Africa made her a true internationalist. She was one of the great minds of the modern era, engaging with political giants, including Churchill, Lenin, Rosa Luxemburg, George Bernard Shaw, W.E.B. Du Bois and Haile Selassie. Her intimate life was no less controversial. The rupture between Sylvia, Emmeline and Christabel became worldwide news. Her love affair with the married Keir Hardie was one of the great political romances of the age, and she never married her life partner Silvio Corio, with whom she had a son at the age of forty-five. Acclaimed biographer Rachel Holmes interweaves the personal and political to reveal Sylvia Pankhurst as never before. This major new biography celebrates a life in resistance, painting a compelling portrait of one of the greatest unsung political figures of the twentieth century
Table Of Contents
How to make a feminist 1882-1898 -- Decade of dilemma 1898-1908 -- Rage of militancy 1908-1914 -- In the red twilight 1914-1924 -- Modern times 1924-1945 -- African consciousness 1945-1960 -- Afterword: when I am gone
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