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Evelyn Jane Sharp (1869–1955) was a key figure in two major British women's suffrage societies, the militant Women's Social and Political Union and the United Suffragists. She helped found the latter and became editor of ''Votes for Women'' during the First World War. She was twice imprisoned and became a tax resister. An established author who had published in ''The Yellow Book'', she was especially well known for her children's fiction.〔( "'Behind the locked door': Evelyn Sharp, suffragette and rebel journalist", Angela V. John, ''Women's History Review'', Volume 12, Number 1, March 2003, pp. 5–13 )〕 ==Early life== Evelyn Sharp, the ninth of eleven children, was born on 4 August 1869.〔John, Angela V. (Dictionary of National Biography ), Oxford University Press 2004, online edn October 2009. Retrieved on 6 February 2013. 〕 Sharp's family sent her to a boarding school for just two years, yet she successfully passed several university local examinations. In 1894, against the wishes of her family, Sharp moved to London, where she wrote and published several novels including ''All the Way to Fairyland'' (1898) and ''The Other Side of the Sun'' (1900).〔(The Spartacus Educational article )〕〔(Review of ''Evelyn Sharp: Rebel Woman, 1869–1955'' by Angela V. John and ''Unfinished Adventure'' by Evelyn Sharp ), A. S. Byatt〕 In 1903 Sharp, with the help of her friend and lover, Henry Nevinson, began to find work writing articles for the ''Daily Chronicle'', the ''Pall Mall Gazette'' and the ''Manchester Guardian'', a newspaper that published her work for over thirty years.〔 Sharp highlights the importance of Nevinson and the Men's League for Women's Suffrage: "It is impossible to rate too highly the sacrifices that they (Henry Nevinson and Laurence Housman) and H. N. Brailsford, F. W. Pethick Lawrence, Harold Laski, Israel Zangwill, Gerald Gould, George Lansbury, and many others made to keep our movement free from the suggestion of a sex war."〔 Sharp's journalism made her more aware of the problems of working-class women and she joined the Women's Industrial Council and the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. In the autumn of 1906 Sharp was sent by the ''Manchester Guardian'' to cover the first speech by actress and novelist Elizabeth Robins. Sharp was moved by Robins' arguments for militant action and she joined the Women's Social and Political Union.〔〔 The impression she made was profound, even on an audience predisposed to be hostile; and on me it was disastrous. From that moment I was not to know again for 12 years, if indeed ever again, what it meant to cease from mental strife; and I soon came to see with a horrible clarity why I had always hitherto shunned causes.''〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Evelyn Sharp (suffragist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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