The International Congress Of Women Of Report Of Transactions Of The Second Quinquennial Meeting Held In London July 1899 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789354300844)

A global reckoning in Victorian London. Vital voices speak across time. This official report records the transactions of the Second Quinquennial Meeting of the International Congress of Women, convened in London in July 1899. A women's history anthology and a model of feminist conference proceedings, it lays out the organisational life, debates and practical resolutions that propelled the women's rights movement at the close of the nineteenth century. As an academic research collection and as a readable social history reference, the volume maps the strategies behind suffrage and wider gender equality activism; delegates and committees emerge as agents of change across late 1800s Britain. Set against the public spaces and parlours of Victorian era London, these proceedings illuminate how local campaigns knitted into international agendas - the working patterns of the early international women's organisations are visible on every page. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Historically significant, the record offers direct testimony for suffrage movement studies and for scholars of nineteenth century feminism; it supplies primary material for courses, essays and comparative research, while remaining accessible to the inquisitive reader. Casual readers will be drawn to the immediacy of voices and the vivid social detail; classic-literature collectors will prize the text as a window on political life and lived experience at the century's turn. For libraries, activists tracing genealogy of ideas, and anyone assembling a thoughtful collection of women's history, this edition preserves original authority while making its lessons and urgency plain for contemporary reflection. Whether consulted in seminar or savoured on a bookshelf, this restored record invites renewed attention to the networks and arguments that shaped modern feminism and the long struggle for gender justice. It makes an indispensable companion for study and contemplation.

Author: Unknown
ISBN-10: 9354300847
ISBN-13: 9789354300844
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Language: English
Published: 12/02/2020
Pages: 458
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.32lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.93d