Cecily Hamilton LIFE ERRANT (1935) First edition VERY RARE

  

Dent in 1935 - First edition. 15 June 1872 - 6 December 1952, was an English actress, writer, journalist, suffragist and feminist. Part of the struggle for women's suffrage in the UK. She is now best known for the feminist play.

How the Vote was Won. Which sees a male anti-suffragist change his mind when the women in his life go on strike.

She was also the author of one of the most frequently performed suffrage plays. A Pageant of Great Women. (1909), which featured the character o Jane Austen as. One of its Learned Women.

This book was originally bought in Boots and there is the store's label on the front cover. This copy is in very good condition with 300 clean tightly bound pages. There are lovely photos of her and her work one taken by George Bernard Shaw. A fascinating, ground-breaking woman and a very rare book.

I cannot see another copy for sale online.