Books by June (University of Portsmouth Purvis

This full-length biography, the first for forty years, draws upon feminist approaches to biography writing to place Christabel Pankhurst within a network of supportive female friendships. It is based upon an unrivalled range of previously untapped primary sources.

This full-length biography, the first for forty years, draws upon feminist approaches to biography writing to place Christabel Pankhurst within a network of supportive female friendships. It is based upon an unrivalled range of previously untapped primary sources.

In this account of Emmeline Pankhurst's life both before and after the campaign for women's suffrage, historian June Purvis documents her early political work, her active role within the suffrage movement and her role as a wife and mother.