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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Harrison, Shirley.
Sylvia Pankhurst: A Crusading Life 1882-1960
(Aurum Press, 2003).
Hardback. Small stain on top front edge and top of dustwrapper, otherwise very good. viii + 291pp. Order No. NSBK-D7899
Keywords: 9781854109057, Pankhursts, Pugh, politics, suffrage, suffragettes, suffragists, militants, Edwardian, twentieth century, 20th, Sylvia, Christabel, women's history, Emmeline, the vote, women's rights, the women's movement, emancipation, woman, woman's, womans
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Pack of 10 Suffragette Greetings Cards, .
Woman Warrior. Advert for the Suffragette, Edited by Christabel Pankhurst: WSPU. 1d Weekly
(Portrayer Publishers, 2009).
Pack of 10 greetings cards (all featuring the same design). Card measurements are 6 inches high by 4 inches wide. Blank interiors for your own message or for any occasion. The image is printed in vibrant lithographic colours and is taken from a suffragette poster advertising The Suffragette Newspaper, edited by Christabel Pankhurst. Image (in purple, brown, green, and white) shows Justice, a woman warrior in armour, holding a WSPU flag. Please note that the sample electronic image, unlike the cards themselves, is watermarked and reduced in quality, to prevent image theft. Brand new, fine. pp. Order No. NSBK-C14452
Keywords: suffrage, suffragette, suffragist, women's rights, Votes for Women, women and politics, women's politics, politics, Britain, British, England, English, history, greeting card, greeting cards, cards, suffragette images, suffragettes, propaganda, envelopes, suffrage imagery, card, picture, pictures, cartoons, art, artist, artists, suffragette art, art, arts, artistry, illustration, illustrations, twentieth century, 20th century, twentieth century, portrayer, portrayer publishers, suffragette greetings cards, greetings card, Christmas gifts, suffragette ephemera, new
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Gardner, Viv, editor.
Sketches from the Actresses' Franchise League:
(Nottingham Drama Texts, Nottingham University, 1985).
Paperback. Ex library. Covers soiled, usual library stamps and markings, minor scorings to text, otherwise good. 96pp. Order No. NSBK-C13914
Keywords: 0906129095, suffrage, suffragettes, suffragists, politics, political, rights, women's rights, women's movement, Votes for Women, woman, women's history, women's studies, women's suffrage, woman's suffrage, theatre, plays, theatrical, suffragette writers, playwrights, Edwardian, Pankhursts, actresses, acting, Actresses' Franchise League, Beatrice Harraden, Cicely Hamilton, Gertrude Jennings, Bessie Hatton, Inez Bensusan
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Hall, Catherine, McClelland, K & Rendall, Jane.
Defining the Victorian Nation: Class, Race, Gender and the Reform Act of 1867
(CUP, 2000).
Paperback. Minor pencil annotation, otherwise very good. xii + 303pp. Order No. NSBK-A8593
Keywords: 9780521576536, class, race, gender, Victorian, British, British History, women's history, Reform Act, Britain, England, English, Jane Rendall, Catherine Hall, Keith McClelland, politics, democracy, political
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Suffragette Poster, .
The Cat and Mouse Act: Passed by the Liberal Government
(Portrayer Publishers, 2007).
Reproduction British suffragette poster. "The Liberal Cat. Electors Vote Against Him. Keep the Liberal Out!" Image shows a fierce cat holding a WSPU suffragette in his mouth. Printed on premium paper (300 GSM gloss art). Size of the paper is 450mm x 320mm and image is approx 435mm x 305mm. Poster. Brand new, fine. pp. Order No. NSBK-C12966
Keywords: B001F15OMW, suffragettes, suffragette, Cat and Mouse Act, Liberal Government, liberals, liberal, parliament, woman suffrage, women's suffrage, politics, Portrayer Publishers, suffragette imagery, images, posters, poster, WSPU, women's social and political union, campaign, hunger strikes, hunger strike, prints, print, suffragette posters, new design
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Thomas, Mary Martha.
The New Woman in Alabama: Social Reforms and Suffrage, 1890-1920
(Alabama UP, 1992).
Hardback. Fine in dustwrapper. viii + 269pp. Order No. NSBK-C6710
Keywords: 0817305645, Mary Martha Thomas, Victorian, nineteenth century, twentieth century, women's history, women's rights, rights of women, women and politics, suffrage, suffragists, suffragettes, The New Woman, gender, Sourthern lady, Southern belle, black women, white women, domesticity, child labour, child labor, Mary Martha Thomas, educational reform, temperance, clubs, organisations, associations, race, racism, America, USA, United States, public debate, American
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Eisenstein, Hester.
Gender Shock: Practising Feminism on Two Continents
(Allen & Unwin, 1991).
Paperback. Fine. vi + 139pp. Order No. NSBK-C8571
Keywords: 0044423101, feminism, feminists, women, women's history, woman, women's movement, femocrats, Australia, Australian, Australasia, gender, politics, history of ideas, power
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Pack of 10 Suffragette Greeting Cards, .
Handicapped: Votes
(Portrayer Publishers, 2009).
Pack of 10 greetings cards (all featuring the same design). Image is taken from a suffragette poster and, in yellow, green and orange colours, depicts a woman in a rowing boat, struggling against the onslaught of a huge wave, whilst on the crest, a man sails along leisurely in a sail boat, without effort. (Sails are marked "Votes"). Houses of Parliament in the background. The image is printed in vibrant lithographic colours and is watermarked to prevent image theft. Card measurements are 6 inches high by 4 inches wide and each card is complete with cellophane wrapper and envelope. Blank interiors for your own message or for any occasion. Brand new, fine. pp. Order No. NSBK-C14451
Keywords: suffrage, suffragette, suffragist, women's rights, Votes for Women, women and politics, women's politics, politics, Britain, British, England, English, history, greeting card, greeting cards, cards, suffragette images, suffragettes, propaganda, envelopes, suffrage imagery, card, picture, pictures, cartoons, art, artist, artists, suffragette art, art, arts, artistry, illustration, illustrations, twentieth century, 20th century, twentieth centuries, portrayer, portrayer publishers, suffragette greetings cards, greetings card, Christmas gifts, suffragette ephemera, new
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Romero, Patricia W.
E. Sylvia Pankhurst: Portrait of a Radical
(Yale UP, rpt, 1990).
Paperback. Covers and page edges soiled, otherwise good. xv + 334pp. Order No. NSBK-C397
Keywords: 0300044828, suffrage, suffragette, suffragist, Votes for Women, women's rights, women's politics, Pankhurst, Edwardian, England, Britain, history, English, British
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