Sweeney, Patricia E.
Biographies of American Women: An Annotated Bibliography
(Santa Barbara, 1990).
Hardback. Fine. xi + 290pp. Order No. NSBK-A11014
Keywords: 0874360706, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, bibliography, bibliographies
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Pengelly, R. ed.
John Ruskin: A Biographical Sketch
(Andrew Melrose, n.d).
Hardback. Covers slightly worn, spine darkened, otherwise very good. 127pp. Order No. NSBK-A5054
Keywords: Ruskin, John Ruskin, nineteenth century, biography, biographies, life histories, life history, R. Ed. Pengelly, writers, authors
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Walker, Carole.
A Saviour of Living Cargoes: the Life and Work of Caroline Chisholm
(Wolds Publishing, first UK edition, 2010).
Caroline Chisholm's philanthropic work was of lasting benefit to British emigrants and colonies - to Australia in particular. In New South Wales, she found shelter and employment for female immigrants and pressed officials to adopt her schemes for settling families on the land. In London, she arranged free passages for emancipists' wives and children and encouraged families to emigrate to Australia. In Victorian goldfields, she provided accommodation for the needy traveller. Tireless and resourceful, she cared little for personal reward or position; and by her own endeavours and careful persuasion, she demonstrated her faith in people, the strength of womanhood, and the need to protect the vulnerable and help working people and their families. This biography casts new light on her life and achievements. Paperback. Brand new, mint condition. xvi + 239pp. Order No. NSBK-C14738
Keywords: 9780956472403, Caroline Chisholm, Australia, pioneers, Australian, women travellers, biography, biographies, women, history, nineteenth century, 19th century, immigration, migration, emigration, colonialism, imperialism, Carole Walker, India, Indian, emigrants, philanthropy, New South Wales, colonies, women's history, Victorian
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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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Maurice, C. Edmund, ed.
Life of Octavia Hill: as Told in her Letters
(Macmillan, rpt, 1914).
Hardback. Some foxing to early pages, minor yellow highlighting to text, rubbing to edges and spine ends, otherwise a good solid copy. vii + 591pp. Order No. NSBK-C4485
Keywords: B01M9FUK1S, Octavia Hill, biography, biographies, autobiographies, autobiography, letters, housing, Victorian social reformers, reform, philanthropy, town planning, open spaces, settlements, dwellings, poverty, poor, paupers, pauperism, Britain, England, English, British, National Trust, commons, working class, working classes
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Lyons, A. Neil.
Robert Blatchford: the Sketch of a Personality: an Estimate of Some Achievements
(Clarion Press, 1910).
Hardback. Frontispiece portrait loose, otherwise good in soiled and chipped dustwrapper. 189pp. Order No. NSBK-A15996
Keywords: Robert Blatchford, Clarion Press, biography, biographies, history
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Wiener, Joel.
William Lovett:
(MUP, 1989).
Lives of the Left. Paperback. Some annotation in pen not affecting legibility, otherwise good. vi + 152pp. Order No. NSBK-A12784
Keywords: 0719021731, William Lovett, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Chartism, Chartists, politics, political, politicians, government
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Myler, Patrick.
Gentleman Jim Corbett: The Truth Behind a Boxing Legend
(Robson Books Ltd, 1998).
Hardback. Very good in slightly marked, dented dustwrapper. xvi + 243pp. Order No. NSBK-J14272
Keywords: 9781861052124, history, boxing, boxers, Jim Corbett, sport, sports, heavyweight boxers, biography, biographies, fighting, fighters, USA, American, United States of America
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Hillocks, Rev J. L.
Life and Struggles:
(John S. Marr, no date).
Edited by Rev. Geo. Gilfillan. Hardback. Lacks fly leaf and title page, red boards darkened, board edges and corners worn, otherwise good. xii + 184pp. Order No. NSBK-A5917
Keywords: B00086WSME, Dundee, Edinburgh, Scotland, Scottish, social history, religion, religious, biographies, biography, education, schools, life struggles, autobiography, autobiographies, Rev. J.L. Hillocks, Scots, Britain, British, Victorian, nineteenth century, philanthropy, philanthropists, self-education, self-help, work ethic, self-taught, self-made man, antiquarian
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Hill, William Thomson.
Octavia Hill: Pioneer of the National Trust and Housing Reformer
(Hutchinson, 1956).
Hardback. Very good in soiled and chipped dustwrapper. 208pp. Order No. NSBK-C1243
Keywords: B0007IVFJU, housing, National Trust, housing reform, history, Octavia Hill, biographies, poverty, open spaces, London, Hampstead Heath
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