Florence Fenwick Miller

"This biography of British suffragist Florence Fenwick Miller chronicles her progression from an unhappy girlhood to a frustrated adolescence; her awakening to the plight of women; and later the flowering of her talents as a public speaker and journalist, activities in which she proved especially gifted." "Author, journalist, editor, platform speaker, three-term London School Board member, and ardent feminist, Florence Fenwick Miller - through pluck, determination and hard work - became one of the best-known women in nineteenth-century London and in the world. Rosemary Van Arsdel here details the skirmishes Miller fought along the way, as well as more than one scandal she provoked, as a result of her refusal to abandon her principles." "Van Arsdel also recounts how Miller, as delegate to the Woman's Congress of the Chicago World's Fair (1893), gained the admiration and respect of American suffrage leaders such as Susan B. Anthony, and was lionized by the American press; how as editor of the Woman's Signal she led the fight for suffrage for all women; and how her worldwide reputation as a leader was cemented at the first International Women's Suffrage conference in Washington DC in 1902, when she was elected treasurer."--BOOK JACKET.