Christabel Pankhurst

June Purvis is Emeritus Professor of Women’s and Gender History, University of Portsmouth, UK. She has published extensively on the suffragette movement in Edwardian Britain, her Emmeline Pankhurst: A Biography (Routledge, 2002) receiving critical acclaim. She is the Founding and Managing Editor of Women’s History Review, the Editor for a Women’s and Gender Book Series with Routledge, the Chair of Women’s History Network and the Secretary and Treasurer of the International Federation for Research in Women’s History.

• Introduction 1 ‘Every struggling cause shall be ours …’: 1880–8 2 Growing up in an atmosphere of politics: 1889–91 3 Sisterly rivalry: 1892–6 4 Young womanhood: 1897–1902 5 Foundation and early years of the WSPU: 1903–4 6 Christabel and Annie go to prison: 1905 7 To London as strategist of the WSPU: 1906 8 Rapid growth of WSPU and splits: 1907 9 Greatest living speaker of her day: 1908 10 ‘Remember the dignity of your womanhood’: 1909 11 Personal sorrow and a truce: 1910 12 ‘Rise up women!’: 1911 13 Escape to France: January 1912–end of June 1912 14 Break with the Lawrences: July 1912–end of December 1912 15 The arson campaign and moral crusade: January 1913–end of September 1913 16 Troublesome sisters: ousting of Sylvia and a fresh start for Adela: October 1913–end of August 1914 17 War years abroad: October 1914–end of April 1917 18 Co-leader of the Women’s Party: May 1917–end of October 1918 19 Parliamentary candidate and single parent: November 1918–end of July 1921 20 Second Adventist ministry: August 1921–end of June 1928 21 Elizabeth/Betty/Aurea: July 1928–end of June 1940 22 Living in the United States: July 1940–December 1956 23 Final years: 1957–8 24 Legacy

"Purvis’s biography is also a drama. Her presentation of Christabel’s life as a sibling rivalry within a celebrity family drama, whose protagonists' voices call to each other across the archives, makes this work of academic significance a compelling read..."- Emelyne Godfrey, Times Literacy Supplement"Purvis has provided an exemplary and detailed study within the context of the wider Pankhurst family, in which some attention is devoted to Christabel's life after suffrage. (...) This immensely detailed biography asks us (...) to think about the ways in which we judge women who take part in radical politics (from all sides of the political spectrum)."- Mary Evans, Times Higher Education