Women and the People : Authority, Authorship and the Radical Tradition in Nineteenth-century England (Hardcover)

Contents: Women and the people: re-making the radical tradition; A leader of the people: Eliza Sharples and the radical platform, 1832-52; Women of the people: influence and force in the Chartist movement, 1838-48; Serving the people: feminist writers and the politics of improvement, 1830-50; The daughters of the people: representing the needlewomen, 1841-64; The people and the outcast: the Repeal movement and the battle for Liberalism, 1870-74; Of the common people: the dimensions of a radical life, Mary Smith, 1822-89; Beyond the people? Reconfiguring the radical tradition; Bibliography; Index.