Sisters and Sisterhood, by Lyndsey Jenkins June Purvis enjoys a group biography that offers new insights into the role of British working-class women in the struggle for the vote By June Purvis 27 December
Art and Suffrage: A Biographical Dictionary of Suffrage Artists, by Elizabeth Crawford Creativity was key to the women¡¯s movement, as June Purvis finds in a valuable new sourcebook By June Purvis 31 January
A Lab of One¡¯s Own: Science and Suffrage in the First World War, by Patricia Fara More heroic hidden figures are saluted in a timely study reflecting on equality today, says June Purvis By June Purvis 15 March
The Hello Girls: America¡¯s First Women Soldiers, by Elizabeth Cobbs June Purvis on the female pioneers on the frontline in the war to end all wars By June Purvis 20 April
British Women of the Eastern Front: War, Writing and Experience in Serbia and Russia, 1914-20, by Angela K. Smith June Purvis on an engaging study of the doughty pioneers who swapped Edwardian life for the front line By June Purvis 24 November
Before and After: Reminiscences on a Working Life, by Edith Morley Memoir of scholar who fought for recognition will strike a chord with many women, says June Purvis By June Purvis 3 March
Revolutionary Lives: Constance and Casimir Markievicz, by Lauren Arrington A double biography of an Irish suffragette and a Polish count paints a vivid picture, says June Purvis By June Purvis 28 January
The right kind of feminists June Purvis responds to fellow academics¡¯ criticisms of the film Suffragette By June Purvis 19 November
