Mary Davis is Professor of Labour History at London Metropolitan University. She has written widely on labour and women's history, most recently Sylvia Pankhurst (Pluto, 1999) and Comrade or Brother? (Pluto, 2009).

'Skilfully guides us through the maze of changing policies and the tactics in the suffrage movement, the early Labour and Communist parties and the anti-colonial struggles which characterised the political left of [Pankhurst's] time.'

• IntroductionAbbreviationsChronology1. Separate Spheres - The Labour Movement and the Women’s Suffrage Movement2. The Women’s Social and Political Union3. The East End, World War One and the Revolutionary Tide4. Feminism and Socialism 5. Communism6. Anti-Racism7. AssessmentNotes and ReferencesBibliographyIndex

Mary Davis is Professor of Labour History at London Metropolitan University. She has written widely on labour and women's history, most recently Sylvia Pankhurst (Pluto, 1999) and Comrade or Brother? (Pluto, 2009).

'Skilfully guides us through the maze of changing policies and the tactics in the suffrage movement, the early Labour and Communist parties and the anti-colonial struggles which characterised the political left of [Pankhurst's] time.'

• IntroductionAbbreviationsChronology1. Separate Spheres - The Labour Movement and the Women’s Suffrage Movement2. The Women’s Social and Political Union3. The East End, World War One and the Revolutionary Tide4. Feminism and Socialism 5. Communism6. Anti-Racism7. AssessmentNotes and ReferencesBibliographyIndex