Wojtczak, Helena.
Mary Raleigh Richardson: The Suffragette Arsonist Who Slashed the Rokeby Venus
(Hastings Press, 2025).
Signed by the author. This first book-length biography of the militant suffragette Mary Raleigh Richardson reveals for the first time her true identity, ancestry, childhood and education, as well as her surprising - and exciting - international travels before she became embroiled in the suffrage struggle. During her time as a militant Mary was arrested nine times. Prepared to die for the cause, she adopted the hunger strike each time she was imprisoned, and was forcibly fed countless times. Her hunger strike medal boasted more bars than that of any other suffragette - something of which she remained proud for the rest of her life. Her most infamous deed was to use a cheap meat cleaver to inflict several gashes into Velasquez's Rokeby Venus, a world-famous and priceless painting. In a lesser-known and yet equally sensational attack she burned down a historic mansion near Hampton Court. During the war she continued to work for the vote, allying herself with both Sylvia Pankhurst's ELFS and the United Suffragists. Having joined the Labour Party she twice stood for Parliament, and in 1933 was briefly a member of Mosley's British Union of Fascists. Finding it did not align with her values she returned to socialism for the rest of her life. In retirement she penned Laugh a Defiance, a memoir of her suffrage days. The work is essential reading for suffrage scholars and those keen to explore the lives of the individual personalities within the militant movement. Paperback. Fine. 320pp. Order No. NSBK-C15912
Keywords: 9781904109600, signed by the author, suffragettes, Votes for Women, biography, biographies, social history, women's history, Mary Raleigh Richardson, hunger strikes, militancy,suffragette, Canada, Canadian politics, arson, militant
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Walsh, Margaret, ed.
Motor Transport:
(Ashgate, 1997).
Studies in Transport History. Hardback. Fine. xxiii + 212pp. Order No. NSBK-A10253
Keywords: 1859283454, motors, motor industry, cars, automobiles, markets, marketing, bus, buses, transport, Locomobile, Britain, British, England, English, history, American, USA, United States, Canada, Canadian, twentieth century, 20th, travel
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Cobbe, Frances Power and Bryan, Benjamin.
Vivisection in America: I: How it is Taught; II: How it is Practised
(Portrayer, 2002 reprint of 4th edition of 1890).
No 4 in the Open Archive Occasional Series. Booklet. New booklet, fine. 44pp. Order No. NSBK-C6301
Keywords: vivisection, Vivisection in America, USA, American, America, United States of America, social history, Frances Power Cobbe, Benjamin Bryan, anti vivisection, anti-vivisection, antivivisection, Victorian, nineteenth century, vivisectionists, vivisectionist, women, women's history, Britain, British, England, English, animals, animal cruelty, cruelty to animals, medical, medicine, science, philanthropy, philanthropists, letters, women's rights, women's movement, suffrage, woman suffage, women's suffrage, London National Society for Women's Suffrage, experiments on animals, animal experimentation, Victoria Street Society, feminists, feminist, feminism, protest, Portrayer, Portrayer Publishers, Open Archive Occasional Series, new title, booklet
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Berry, Mary Frances.
Why ERA Failed: Politics, Women's Rights, and the Amending Process of the Constitution
(Indiana UP, 1986).
Hardback. Ex library with minimal library stamps and stickers, otherwise good+ in dw. ix + 142pp. Order No. NSBK-C6126
Keywords: 0253365376, ERA, women's rights, politics, USA, America, American, USA, United States, women's history, women's movement, Constitution, suffrage, social reform, congress, Equal Rights Amendment, black history, Civil rights, child labour, labor, woman suffrage
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BBC, Radio Times Special.
Shoulder to Shoulder: How Women Fought for the Vote. A Full Illustrated Guide to the New BBC TV Series. Radio Times Special Magazine
(Radio Times, BBC, 1974).
The BBC series Shoulder to Shoulder aired in 1974 on BBC2. The six-part drama, which focused on the history of the women's suffrage movement, ran from April 3 to May 8, 1974. Paperback. Pages browned with age, light wear to edges, and front cover slightly split at top. Otherwise good+. 64pp. Order No. NSBK-C16014
Keywords: 9780563126522, stored with booklets, antiquarian, suffragettes, suffragette, Votes for Women, BBC, TV, programmes, programme,1970s, seventies, magazines, magazine, Radio Times Special, dramas, drama, television, women's movement, history
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Dubois, Ellen Carol.
Harriot Stanton Blatch and the Winning of Woman Suffrage:
(Yale UP, 1997).
Hardback. Light shelfwear to dustwear, otherwise good. x + 353pp. Order No. NSBK-C5579
Keywords: 0300065620, Harriot Stanton Blatch, suffrage, vote, Votes for Women, women's rights, women's movement, Harriet, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Fabian, socialism, socialists, American, America, United States, USA, Britain, British, feminism, feminists, Edwardian, twentieth century, New York, National Women's Party, women's history, American Suffrage Movement, enfranchisement, Rights for Women, women's politics, women and politics, biography, biographies, life history, life histories, Fabians
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Gilman, Charlotte Perkins.
The Man-Made World: or, Our Androcentric Culture
(T. Fisher Unwin, first UK edition, 1911).
Small green splash to front inner board. Overall good+, a solid copy for the collector. Hardback. Original dark green cloth with gilt lettering. Boards a little scratched, & with light blotching. Corners worn & top spine end slightly split. Else good+. 269pp. Order No. NSBK-A13725
Keywords: B00085ZQRE, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, women writers, man-made world, men, masculinity, feminism, ethics, humanity, economics, education, women's emancipation, history, twentieth century, UK 1st editions, first editions
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Dane, Clemence.
The Women's Side:
(Herbert Jenkins, 1926).
Hardback. A little fading / soiling to red cloth, especially at spine, otherwise good. 144pp. Order No. NSBK-C15928
Keywords: B00085URVY, Clemence Dane, women, antiquarian, suffragettes, education, votes, woman question, marriage
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Reproduction Suffragette Badge / Brooch, .
Replica Suffragette Badge Streamer Design:
(Portrayer, 2018).
High-quality, attractive, reproduction suffragette badge / brooch. Votes for Women WSPU Suffragette Streamer. (Manufactured by Portrayer). Attractive, circular plated gold-coloured metal reproduction brooch / badge with firm safety-pin fitment at the rear for affixing to clothes. The original badge, on which this is faithfully based, was designed by Sylvia Pankhurst for the suffragette campaign in 1909 / 1910. It incorporates the purple, white and green colour-scheme of the Women's Social and Political Union, and depicts a woman stepping through an iron gate and heavy chains, carrying a 'Votes for Women' streamer. 25mm in diameter. Presented in an attractive zip-gift-bag which is clear at the front and shiny silver at the rear. Brand new, in fine condition. pp. Order No. NSBK-C15671
Keywords: Votes For Women, suffrage, woman suffrage, pins, badge, badges, pin back, pinbacks, suffragette, suffragettes, suffragists, women, women's history, social history, Britain, British, England, English, WSPU, Women's Social and Political Union, jewellery, jewelry, brooch, brooches, Edwardian, women's movement, Britain, British, England, English, Portrayer Publishers, suffragette ephemera, streamer
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Shadegg, Stephen.
Clare Booth-Luce: A Biography
(Leslie Frewin, rpt., 1973).
The biography of one of the world's most famous and controversial women - playwright, actress, Congresswoman, Ambassador, friend or enemy of almost everyone worth knowing on our times. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good in chipped dustwrapper. 313pp. Order No. NSBK-C9404
Keywords: 085632017X, Clare Booth-Luce, American, women, women's history, woman, Congresswoman, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life history, playwrights, actresses, ambassadors, twentieth century, 20th, USA
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