Karen Manners Smith

Contributor

BIOGRAPHY

Contributor to SAGE Publications's Encyclopedia of Gender and Society, whose work for that encyclopedia formed the basis of her contributions to Britannica.

Primary Contributions (1)

Dame Christabel Harriette Pankhurst and Emmeline Pankhurst

Women’s Social and Political Union

Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), militant wing of the British woman suffrage movement. WSPU was founded in Manchester in 1903 by Emmeline Pankhurst. Along with the more conservative National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS), founded in 1897, the WSPU sought votes for women in a…

Publications (1)

Encyclopedia of Gender and Society (2 Vol. Set)

This Encyclopedia Is A Scholarly, Entertaining, And Highly Readable Reference Work. Editor O'brien (seattle Univ.) Provides Readers With A Gender Lens On Society, While Emphasizing Both Individual And Global Aspects Of Social Life. Entries, Written By Gender Scholars Across The Us And Abroad, Are Organized In 14 Categories: Arts, Popular Culture, And Sports, Associations And Organizations, Biographies, Body Image, Health And Illness, Crime And Criminal Justice, Economics, Environment, And Ecology,...