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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
Price £18.00.
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Livingstone, W.P.
Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary
(Hodder & Stoughton, Popular edition, 34th edition, 1931).
With illustrations. Scottish factory girl, 1848-1915, and her missionary work in the tropics. Hardback. Rubbing to corners and spine ends, splitting to tops spine edge (3 inches), a little spotting to boards, otherwise good/firm. x + 352pp. Order No. NSBK-C370
Keywords: B000855ZWA, tropics, Mary Slessor, Slessor, missionary, Scotland, pioneer, women travellers, woman traveller, women travelers, women traveler, missionaries
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Smith, Clifford P.
Sketches from the Life of Mary Baker Eddy and the History of Christian Science:
(Christian Science Publ., 1934).
Historical and Biographical Papers Series. Paperback. Covers slightly thumbed, otherwise good. vi + 103pp. Order No. NSBK-C2053
Keywords: B0006AMHUA, Mary Baker Eddy, Eddy, Christian Science, Christian Scientist, America, American, American women, American women's history, United States, USA, religion, women's history
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Cott, Nancy F., ed.
A Woman Making History: Mary Ritter Beard Through her Letters
(Yale UP, 1991).
Paperback. Minor marginal pencil annotation, otherwise very good. xii + 378pp. Order No. NSBK-C8399
Keywords: 0300052529, woman, women, women's history, Nancy F Cott, Mary Ritter Beard, letters, epistolary, epistolary, American, USA, United States, social reform, suffrage, Charles A Beard, The Rise of American Civilization, feminism, feminists, women's rights, women's movement
Price £5.50.
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Jameson, Storm.
The Journal of Mary Hervey Russell:
(Macmillan, 1945).
Hardback. Boards slightly soiled, otherwise good. 228pp. Order No. NSBK-C31
Keywords: B0000CL3CO, Mary Hervey Russell, Russell, journal
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Manton, Jo.
Mary Carpenter and the Children of the Streets:
(Heinemann, 1976).
Hardback. Very good in slightly yellowed dustwrapper creased at edges. 268pp. Order No. NSBK-C13437
Keywords: 9780435325695, children, childhood, Mary Carpenter, streets, poverty, poor, crime, criminals, child abuse, juvenile delinquency, Victorian, 19th century, nineteenth century, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, beggars, begging, prisons, Bristol, India
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Stewart, J.I.M.
Thomas Hardy: a Critical Biography
(Longman, 1971).
Hardback. Ex library with internal marks left by stickers, otherwise good+ in faded, slightly torn dustwrapper. 249pp. Order No. NSBK-A2070
Keywords: 0582117836, Thomas Hardy, Hardy, Wessex, writer, author, biography, nineteenth century, Tess, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Ridley, Annie E.
Frances Mary Buss and her Work for Education:
(Longmans, Green, 1895).
Hardback. Some light wear to the edges, spotting to early pages, otherwise good, firm. viii + 399pp. Order No. NSBK-C5115
Keywords: B07FT3XRFG, education, women, history, women's education, Frances Mary Buss, North London Collegiate School for Ladies, Public Day School for Girls, school, schools, schooling, Victorian, nineteenth century, biography, biographies, English, British, England, Britain, training, training colleges, higher education, adult education, female, university education, universities, Annie E. Ridley
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Donald, Joyce.
The Letters of Thomas Hayton: Vicar of Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire. 1821 - 1887
(Buckinghamshire Record Society, No 20, 1979).
Buckinghamshire Record Society. No 20. 1979. Hardback. A little soiling to cloth, otherwise very good. xx + 185pp. Order No. NSBK-A13330
Keywords: 0901198161, vicars, religion, religious, Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire Record Society, 19th century, nineteenth century, Victorian, history, letters, Thomas Hayton, church, village life, agrarian, charity commissioners, poor law, social history, correspondence, curate, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
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Down, Arthur, editor.
A Short Biography of Thomas John Down:
(John Walker, 1938).
Lacking one leaf in appendix (pg 225 - 226). Hardback. Lacking one leaf in appendix (pg 225 - 226). Some fading & wear to leather, mainly at spine & edges, otherwise a good solid copy. 229pp. Order No. NSBK-A13786
Keywords: B000WXVAQI, Warrington, Stockton Heath, bands, bandsmen, Thomas John Down, memoir, band, orchestra, military bands, history, music, concerts, North-West. Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, memoirs, biography, biographies, Victorian, 19th century, nineteenth
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