The Ascent Of Woman: A History of the Suffragette Movement

This book gives a excellent insight to what the Suffragettes did and went through to give us women the vote. I wish there were organisations like this today to fight for the rights of women where we are not equal to men yet. Double standards with men are still happening and until they are regulated by law women will always be the underdog in society.

I loved this book, so much so that when I lost it I ordered another straight away. It recounts the gripping history of the suffragette movement in all its glory and repugnance. Melanie Phillips' authorial voice is erudite and authoratative and on occasion opinionated, which gave it an edge. The author manages the complex timeline and interweaving of women's stories adeptly. Definitely worth reading.

Not the best read. More like a batch of academic data thrown together. Not to my liking although I feel strongly about the topic.

This is an in depth analysis of feminism in the UK in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Interesting and detailed.

Just started reading this enjoying it thank you

Good

Not an easy read. As one reviewer pointed out the book performs more as a detailed historical text than an entertaining discourse on the evolution of this ongoing contemporary issue. Indeed, the author Melanie Philips may have intended it to be a reference book given the writing style, the epilogue, 31 pages of notes, 7 pages of bibliography and 13 pages of index. Packed with masses of names and dates as women from Mary Wollstonecroft to the suffragettes and the Pankhursts marched to the end of WW1 and the lost generation of men. The book ends at that point when public pressure and sheer necessity obliged parliament to grant women the vote. There is a sense that a sequel would make sense in that women struggled to replace the lost generation and overcome the prejudice still felt in many quarters as England fell towards WW2. An excellent reference book if a little turgid. Essential reding for anyone who wants or needs to understand male dominance and attitudes in just a little over 100 years ago. I would like to have read by way of context if and how women were ascending in other countries at the same time. Nevertheless 5 stars.

Not a very enjoyable read. More like a history lesson with information and dates etc. Not much personal information in the book.

This is a fantastic book. So well rounded and even handed in its dealing with the topics. She give so much great context for the emergence of the suffrage movement, which helps you understand so many other things about the feminist movement. Anyone that wants to learn about the origins of the feminist movement should find this book a page-turner. I love that she looks at both the positive and negative sides of the movement, and comes out with more questions for feminism today.

As a woman who does not consider herself part the of the current Femi-Nazi movement this was a refreshing book to read. Ms. Phillips details the idea's behind the original movement and the differences within certain factions of the movement, but most importantly through the history you grasp how far gone from the rails the Femi-Nazi movement is today. It's well written and does not portray men as evil or women as victims.

Well written scholarly text. Gave different perspectives on many commonly assumed ideas and events. Not bedtime reading, but enjoyable book nonetheless.

It's OK, nothing to put on your shelf forever.