Cover; Foreword by Lord Brockway; Preface; I The Origin of the Movement; II The Background to the Movement; III The Basis of the Claim; IV The Arguments Used (I); V The Arguments Used (II); VI Policy and Tactics (I); THE CONSTITUTIONAL SOCIETIES; VII Policy and Tactics (II); THE MILITANTS; VIII The Political Parties; THE CONSERVATIVES; THE LIBERAL UNIONISTS; THE LIBERAL PARTY; THE IRISH NATIONALIST PARTY; THE LABOUR PARTY; IX The Anti-Suffragists; X The Political Difficulties; XI Epilogue; APPENDIX I Table of Women's Suffrage Bills; APPENDIX II Chart of Major Parliamentary Events
APPENDIX III Court Cases relating to the Women's Claim to VoteBibliography; Index
Summary
Dr. Rover, using much original research, discusses the interaction between the political parties and the two movements for women's suffrage, constitutional and militant
