What I Remember (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Victorian Feminist Memoir of Suffrage, Social Reform, and Women's Rights in BritainBy Millicent Garrett Fawcett
Length9h 4m
About this audiobook
What I Remember is Millicent Garrett Fawcett's lucid memoir of a life lived at the center of Victorian and Edwardian reform. Combining personal recollection with political testimony, the book moves from family life and intellectual formation to campaigns for women's education, suffrage, and civic equality. Its style is measured, humane, and exact: less confessional than evidentiary, it belongs to the tradition of reformist autobiography, where memory becomes a record of public struggle. Fawcett was one of Britain's foremost constitutional suffragists, long associated with the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. Sister of the pioneering physician Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and widow of the liberal economist Henry Fawcett, she inhabited networks where education, liberal politics, and women's rights converged. Her recollections are shaped by decades of organizing, argument, and strategic patience, and by her desire to preserve the moral seriousness of the suffrage cause. This book is recommended to readers interested in women's history, political reform, and the making of modern democratic citizenship. It offers not only a portrait of an exceptional activist, but also a disciplined account of how social change is remembered, justified, and handed on.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes.
- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.
- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing.
- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.
- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length9 hrs 4 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 4, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1What I Remember (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Synopsis
4Historical Context
5Chapter I
Show all chaptersShow less
6THE ALDEBURGH OF LONG AGO
7Chapter II
8THE BARHAMS AND OTHER OLD ALDEBURGH FRIENDS
9Chapter III
10MY FATHER AND MOTHER
11Chapter IV
12MISS BROWNING'S SCHOOL AT BLACKHEATH AND WHAT GREW OUT OF IT
13Chapter V
14OUR DERBYSHIRE COUSINS AND OTHER FRIENDS
15Chapter VI
16MY MARRIAGE AND NEW HOMES IN LONDON AND SALISBURY, 1867-1884
17Chapter VII
18CAMBRIDGE IN THE ’SIXTIES AND ’SEVENTIES
19Chapter VIII
20POLITICS AND MY BEGINNING OF SUFFRAGE WORK
21Chapter IX
22VISITS TO IRELAND
23Chapter X
24HOLIDAYS
25Chapter XI
26THE GENERAL ELECTIONS OF 1874 AND 1880
27Chapter XII
28EARLY SUFFRAGE WORK: SOWING SEED
29Chapter XIII
30GREAT VICTORIES IN 1883, 1885, AND 1886
31Chapter XIV
32ILLNESS AND DEATH OF HENRY FAWCETT, 1884
33Chapter XV
34PHILIPPA AT CAMBRIDGE
35Chapter XVI
36GROWING ABSORPTION IN SUFFRAGE WORK
37Chapter XVII
38THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR AND THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS COMMISSION
39Chapter XVIII
40THE LATER STAGES OF THE SUFFRAGE STRUGGLE. “MILITANCY”
41Chapter XIX
42RAPID PROGRESS OF THE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT
43Chapter XX
44THE DEFEAT OF THE CONCILIATION BILL: ITS CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES
45Chapter XXI
46THE RISE OF THE LABOUR PARTY AND OTHER ENCOURAGING CIRCUMSTANCES
47Chapter XXII
48THE GREAT WAR AND WOMEN'S WAR WORK
49Chapter XXIII
50NATIONAL VICTORY AND SUFFRAGE VICTORY COME IN SIGHT
How to Test Negative for StupidJohn Kennedy8h 13m4.7 (9.7K)$28 · $0.00
Defying JihadEsther Ahmad8h 50m4.7 (4.8K)$20
Bad Fat Black GirlSesali Bowen6h 32m4.7 (2.8K)$24 · $0.00
Send MeMarty Skovlund, Joe Kent8h 10m4.7 (1.6K)$26 · $0.00
Left for DeadEbony Canion5h 34m4.7 (2.2K)$17
John Muir: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth & Letters to a Friend (Annotated)John Muir10h 13m4.7 (1.1K)$1.99 · $0.00
Invisible StormJason Kander6h 48m4.7 (3.2K)$24 · $0.00
Forever BoyKate Swenson9h 27m4.7 (5K)$29 · $0.00
You Are Worth ItKyle Carpenter, Don Yaeger8h 53m4.7 (4.8K)$29 · $0.00
The Happiest Man on EarthEddie Jaku3h 48m4.6 (178K)$7 · $0.00
MotherlandJulia Ioffe17h 52m4.7 (2.5K)$40 · $0.00
Evidence Not SeenDarlene Deibler Rose11h 11m4.6 (11.9K)$29 · $0.00
A Bridge Not Too FarDeepak Ohri4h 55m4.8 (179)$15
Where Cowards Go to DieBenjamin Sledge8h 42m4.7 (351)$20 · $0.00
Will You Love Me?Cathy Glass9h 5m4.6 (9.3K)$29 · $0.00
Designing Terry Pratchett’s DiscworldPaul Kidby3h 52m4.7 (343)$20 · $0.00
HostageEli Sharabi5h 25m4.6 (10.8K)$24 · $0.00
Finding MeViola Davis9h 15m4.6 (256.4K)$29 · $0.00
Scandal Between the Sheets & Stranded with the Tempting StrangerBrenda Jackson9h 22m4.8 (141)$24 · $0.00
The Dangerous Truth about Today’s MarijuanaLaura Stack CSP, MBA9h 57m4.7 (384)$20 · $0.00
You may also like
A Suffragette - My Own Story (Illustrated)Emmeline Pankhurst11h 43m4.2 (3.4K)$2 · $0.00
Benjamin Franklin's Last BetMichael Meyer10h 5m4.0 (365)$29 · $0.00
When Broadway Was BlackCaseen Gaines12h 5m4.3 (443)$23
The Golden ThreadColin Meloy9m4.2 (267)$4 · $0.00
Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences 1815-1897 (Annotated)Elizabeth Cady Stanton16h 7m4.2 (1.5K)$2 · $0.00
White RoseKip Wilson2h 44m4.1 (7.2K)$18 · $0.00
Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence (Annotated)Charles Augustus Goodrich18h 54m4.2 (297)$1.99 · $0.00
SmoketownMark Whitaker13h 29m4.5 (676)$23
The Wars of the RooseveltsWilliam J. Mann21h 17m4.4 (847)$46 · $0.00
John Quincy AdamsHarlow Giles Unger9h 43m4.3 (12.3K)$20
Profiles in CourageJohn F. Kennedy3h 11m4.1 (56.3K)$18 · $0.00
The Water Is WidePat Conroy9h 17m4.1 (34.5K)$8 · $0.00
In the Garden of the RighteousRichard Hurowitz14h 30m4.5 (434)$8 · $0.00
Let Us March OnShara Moon9h 41m4.1 (1.5K)$29 · $0.00
The AbolitionistsJohn F. Hume5h 55m$1 · $0.00
Beauvoir: Jefferson Davis ShrineUnited Daughters of the Confederacy. Mississippi Division59m$1 · $0.00
History of Women's Marches – The Political Battle of Suffragettes (Complete 6 Volume Edition)Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Matilda Gage, Harriot Stanton Blatch, Ida H. Harper307h$1 · $0.00
Great Speeches by the First Ladies of the United StatesSpeechWorks7h 51m3.9 (135)$17
America’s First Freedom RiderJerry Mikorenda6h 22m4.2 (64)$17
Lloyd George (Annotated)Frank Dilnot4h 19m$2 · $0.00