Mary Neal and the suffragettes who saved Morris dancing / Kathryn Atherton.
"At the beginning of the 20th century Morris dancing had all but died out in much of England. It was militant suffragettes and slum girls who kick-started the revival that returned the forgotten dances of the countryside to towns and villages across the nation. As a result of their commitment t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Yorkshire :
Pen and Sword History,
2024.
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| Summary: | "At the beginning of the 20th century Morris dancing had all but died out in much of England. It was militant suffragettes and slum girls who kick-started the revival that returned the forgotten dances of the countryside to towns and villages across the nation. As a result of their commitment to preserve and pass on the dances, the Morris survived as a living tradition that is still performed to this day. And the impetus to do so came from the women's aspiration to change society for the better, the same impetus that drove them to militant action and to prison.The Morris revival and the militant suffrage movement were inextricably linked. The leader of the dance revival, Mary Neal, was a life-long radical campaigner for the rights of women and children."--EBSCOhost, viewed March 28, 2024. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 212 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781399061520 1399061526 9781399061544 1399061542 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCOhost, viewed March 6, 2024). |