Mrs Despard and the suffrage movement
Matheson-Pollock, Helen2019
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Charlotte Despard, social reformer and suffragette, was always known as Mrs Despard, never Charlotte. Her name should be synonymous with those of Emmeline Pankhurst and Millicent Fawcett. Instead, she remains overlooked. Born in 1844, Charlotte's childhood was difficult: she found solace in great literature. She married Maximillian Despard and had the opportunity to explore the world and try her hand at a career as a novelist. Widowed in her early 40s, her money and status allowed her to live a life of surprising freedom for a woman of her time. Charlotte devoted her life to improving the lot of the poor and moved to live among them in the London slums. She joined Emmeline Pankhurst's Women's Social and Political Union and when that organisation split in 1907 co-founded the Women's Freedom League, becoming its first, much loved, president.
Main title:
Mrs Despard and the suffrage movement / Helen Matheson-Pollock, Lynne Graham-Matheson.
Author:
Matheson-Pollock, Helen, authorGraham-Matheson, Lynne, author
Imprint:
Barnsley : Pen & Sword History, 2019.
Collation:
224 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781526731128 (hbk)
Dewey class:
324.623092920
LC class:
JN979
Language:
English
BRN:
2566195