"We women are roused. Now that we are roused, we will never be quiet again"--Cover.

"The material here has been sourced from newspaper articles, books, pamphlets, posters and legal documents published between 1869 and 1920"--Title page verso.

Includes brief suffragette biographies.

Fourteen reasons for supporting women's suffrage -- Reasons for and against the enfranchisement of women / Barbara Bodichon -- Our policy : an address to women concerning the suffrage / Frances Power Cobbe -- The House of Commons and women's suffrage -- Speeches by members of the Women's Social and Political Union -- Suffraigst demonstration in Edinburgh -- The women's suffrage movement among trade unions / Eva Gore-Booth -- The civic rights of the married woman / Constance Smedley -- Woman in the past and future / Margaret McMillan -- 'Why I want the vote' / Maud Arncliffe Sennett -- Some reasons why working women want the vote -- Letter to members of the Women's Social and Political Union / Emmeline Pankhurst -- Extract from Special Branch report : Annie Kenney -- Married women's work and infantile mortality / Selina Cooper -- Princess's unpaid taxes -- Freedom or death / Emmeline Pankhurst -- The woman's dreadnought / Sylvia Pankhurst -- The price of liberty / Emily Wilding Davison -- The women's victory, and after / Millicent Garrett Fawcett -- Suffragette biographies.

Bringing together the voices of women who fought for equal rights and representation, from aristocrats and actresses to mill workers and trade unionists, these speeches, pamphlets, letters and articles form an inspiring testament to the power of a movement.