'The Cause. A Short History of the Women's Movement in Great Britain' First Edition, 1928

First edition, first impression, of Ray Strachey's "best-known and most successful book", which was for many decades regarded as the classic account of the English women's movement. 

Included as Appendix I is "Cassandra" (pp. 395-418), a previously unpublished essay on the position of women in society by Florence Nightingale. "While acknowledging in a limited way the importance of the militants, 

"The Cause" established a version of the suffrage movement that endorsed the views and celebrated the role of Millicent Fawcett. 

Reddish-brown cloth, the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. 

Portrait frontispiece of Millicent Garrett Fawcett, 15 plates, the majority of them half-tones after photographs. Ownership signature to front.  Spine cocked and ends bruised, book some pages foxed; contents generally clean, with a few notations on pencil. 

Good copy.

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