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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Down, Michael.
Archie: A Biography of A. C. MacLaren
(George Allen and Unwin, 1981).
Hardback. Very good in slightly soiled, slightly dented dustwrapper. xii + 193pp. Order No. NSBK-A5841
Keywords: 0047960566, biography, biographies, biographical, life history, life histories, Archie C. McLaren, cricket, cricketers, cricketing, sport, sportsmen, sportsman, A. C. MacLaren, Golden Age, entertainment, leisure, sporting heroes, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Jones, Joanna.
Doing Up Old Junk: How to Revamp Shabby Furnishings with Style
(BCA, rpt., 1994).
Hardback. Fly leaf clipped, otherwise very good in dustwrapper. 95pp. Order No. NSBK-G12647
Keywords: 1853913855, junk, crafts, design, homes, furnishings, style, twentieth century, 20th, revamping, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK,
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Boucherett, Jessie and Blackburn, Helen.
The Condition of Working Women and the Factory Acts:
(Elliot Stock, photocopy of 1896 edition).
Please note: this is a photocopy of the original text only in a blue library binding. Hardback. Photocopy in blue library binding, good condition. 174pp. Order No. NSBK-C16015
Keywords: Victorian, labour, working women, woman, working class, industry, economy, factories, factory acts, nineteenth century, history
Price £24.00.
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Tims, Margaret.
Jane Addams of Hull House, 1860 - 1935: a Centenary Study
(George Allen and Unwin, 1961).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good in slightly soiled dustwrapper. 166pp. Order No. NSBK-A8955
Keywords: B0000CKYPE, Jane Addams, Hull House, women's history, Chicago, American women, USA, United States of America, social work, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, pacifism, pacifists, pacifist, Nobel Peace Prize winners, social reformers, philanthropy, philanthropists
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Kelly, Richard and Cantrell, John, eds.
Modern British Statesmen, 1867-1945:
(MUP, 1997).
Paperback. Very good. x + 229pp. Order No. NSBK-A13301
Keywords: 0719050804, British Statesmen, Disraeli, Gladstone, Parnell, Lloyd George, Churchill, politics, politicians, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, government, personality
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Spain, Nancy.
Mrs Beeton and her Husband: by her Great Niece
(Collins, 1948).
Hardback. Blue cloth boards heavily foxed, internally good. pp. Order No. NSBK-A15999
Keywords: B0007J2WMI, Mrs Beeton, women's history, 19th century, nineteenth
Price £16.00.
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Braddon, Russell.
Woman in Arms:
(Armada, 1956).
Paperback. Ex library but good. 223pp. Order No. NSBK-C6945
Keywords: 0006935184, Nancy Wake, women, woman, women's history, Britain, British, England, English, France, French, Europe, European, history, Second World War, World War II, World War Two, twentieth century, 20th, wars, warfare, French resistance, women and work, Paris
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Eales, Jacqueline.
Women in Early Modern England, 1500-1700:
(UCL Press, 1998).
Paperback. Card covers slightly faded / creased, otherwise very good. viii + 133pp. Order No. NSBK-C3928
Keywords: 9781857282689, women, history, early modern, England, Britain, sixteenth century, seventeenth century, gender, British, English, family, work, working, labour, labor
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Williams, Peter and Hayes, Janice, eds.
Warrington as it Was:
(Hendon Publishing Co Ltd, 5th impression, 1986).
Paperback. Very good. 40pp. Order No. NSBK-A14121
Keywords: 086067052X, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Warrington, Lancashire, Cheshire, North West England, industry, shops, retail, old photographs, retailing
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