Project Gutenberg 2013-02-19 Public domain in the USA. 61 Sharp, Evelyn 1869 1955 Rebel women The women at the gate -- To prison while the sun shines -- Shaking hands with the Middle Ages -- Filling the war chest -- The conversion of Penelope's mother -- At a street corner -- The crank of all the ages -- Patrolling the gutter -- The black spot of the constituency -- Votes for women: forward! -- The person who cannot escape -- The daughter who stays at home -- The game that wasn't cricket -- Dissension in the home. Produced by Suzanne Shell, Carol Spence, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Rebel Women" by Evelyn Sharp is a collection of essays written in the early 20th century. The book addresses the struggles and triumphs of women in their fight for suffrage, centering around the militant actions of suffragettes and their supporters. It sets the stage for a deeper exploration of the societal conversations surrounding women's rights, activism, and the challenges they face. The opening section introduces us to a determined woman among a crowd in London, poised to join a suffragette protest amidst a mix of public sentiment. The narrative captures her reflections and interactions as she witnesses others discussing the plight of women fighting for their voting rights. The atmosphere is charged with tension as police enforcement clashes with the rebels, highlighting both the inner strength of these women and the dismissive attitudes of the onlookers. This introductory scene serves to immerse the reader in the heart of the suffrage movement while establishing the emotional stakes and moral dilemmas faced by those involved. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42136/42136-h/images/cover2.jpg en Women -- Suffrage -- Great Britain Women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions HQ PR Text Browsing: History - British Browsing: Politics Browsing: Sociology 214488 214496 2024-09-17T15:31:35.713279 2023-09-18T10:13:15.988862 text/html text/html 214853 2013-02-19T12:55:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 117884 2013-02-19T12:55:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 124005 2024-09-17T15:31:39.486283 application/epub+zip 125362 2024-09-17T15:31:36.337290 application/epub+zip 125362 2024-09-17T15:31:36.006297 application/epub+zip 207671 2024-09-17T15:31:42.242258 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 179552 2024-09-17T15:31:39.140278 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 179697 2022-09-19T09:19:29.794597 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 193257 193037 2024-09-17T15:31:35.335545 2023-09-18T10:13:15.639866 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 193067 2013-02-19T12:55:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 74858 2013-02-19T12:55:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 193058 2013-02-19T12:55:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 74828 2013-02-19T12:55:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21071 2024-09-17T15:31:42.380254 application/rdf+xml 17267 2024-09-17T15:31:36.085287 image/jpeg 3824 2024-09-17T15:31:36.045282 image/jpeg 119537 2024-09-17T15:31:35.734276 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog