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The making of a suffragette: Stella Benson and I Pose (1915)

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Abstract

Drawing extensively on Benson’s unpublished diaries and correspondence, this essay irst considers her engagement with the campaign for votes for women, in particular, her work with the Women Writers’ Suffrage League, and the influence of her aunt, the novelist Mary Cholmondeley, in that engagement. Placing Benson’s first novel within the context of other suffragette literature of the period, the essay then focuses on the portrayal of the suffragette movement in I Pose, a novel in which the protagonist rehearses arguments about equality and women’s suffrage

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Output type

Research Output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 103-122

Publication milestones

  • Published - 03/07/2020

Publication status

Published - 03/07/2020

Publisher

Cambridge Scholars Publishing

ISBN (Print)

9781527550414

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/624218

Host publication title

Fiction and 'the Woman Question' from 1850 to 1930

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