Art, Theatre and Women's Suffrage

by Irene Cockroft, Susan Croft

An exploration of the creative explosion that occurred when the campaign for the vote brought together the talents of so many female writers and artists at the start of the twentieth century. Writers and artists include Cicely Hamilton, Chris St. John, Inez Bensusan, Elizabeth Robins, Ernestine Mills, Pamela Colman Smith, Mary Lowndes, and Emily Ford.

Genres: History

128 pages, Paperback

First published July 15, 2010

Reviews

[Morag Forbes · Rating 3 out of 5]

I hadn’t realised this book was first written to accompany an exhibition of the same name. As such as an actual book to read on its own it wasn’t the most gripping. It is mainly a list of female suffrage activists with small bios under each name and black and white pictures of some of their work. Interspersed with key moments in the U.K. suffrage movement. I did learn a lot from the read. I had no idea of how many creatives contributed to the campaign. There were so many names I had never heard of. The arts truly can hold great power.