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Author Paxton, Naomi, author.

Title Stage rights! : the Actresses' Franchise League, activism and politics 1908-58 / Naomi Paxton.

Publication Info. Manchester University Press, 2018.

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Description 1 online resource (248 pages).
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Series Women, theatre and performance
Women, theatre and performance.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Figures; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Re-evaluating the AFL; Exhibition; Sisterhood; Visibility; Militancy; Hope; Legacy; Bibliography; Index.
Summary Drawing upon previously unseen archival material, this book brings to life the story of the Actresses' Franchise League from 1908-1958, building a picture of this diverse, exciting and innovative organisation that opens up and extends previous scholarship of the suffrage movement, and of political and feminist networks in twentieth century theatre.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-228) and index.
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Subject Actresses' Franchise League -- History.
Actresses' Franchise League.
History.
Women in the theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Women in the theater.
Great Britain.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Feminist theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Feminist theater.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Paxton, Naomi. Stage rights!. Manchester University Press, 2018 152611478X 9781526114785 (OCoLC)1004103210
ISBN 9781526114792 (electronic book)
1526114798 (electronic book)
152611478X
9781526114785