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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Edwardian Suffragette Postcard, Suffragettes Original.
What! You Think a Man Could Do it as Well?:
(Woman Suffrage Series, unposted).
Bespectacled child reads the Daily Mail. Rear is blank (card has neither been written on nor posted). Postcard. Some wear at edges & corners, rear a little browned with age and slightly marked. Otherwise good+. pp. Order No. NSBK-C3711
Keywords: Edwardian, suffragettes, suffragette postcards, England, Britain, Votes for Women, suffrage, English, British, history, women, enfranchisement, franchise, women's movement, politics
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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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Mitchell, David.
Queen Christabel: a Biography of Christabel Pankhurst
(Macdonald & Jane's, 1977).
Hardback. Slight rubbing to corners, otherwise good in creased dustwrapper. x + 397pp. Order No. NSBK-C1307
Keywords: 0354041525, biography, Christabel Pankhurst, Pankhurst, suffrage, suffragette, suffragist, Women's Movement, women's rights, Votes gfor Women, feminism, Britain, British, England, English, history, women's history, women
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Women's Studies International Forum, .
Women's Studies International Forum:
(Pergamon/Elsevier, 2003-5).
7 issues. Vol 24 (2001) No 6; Vol 26 (2003) No 5; Vol 27 (2004) Nos 4 and 5-6; Vol 28 (2005) Nos 1, 4 and 5. Journals. Very good. pp. Order No. NSBK-A11419
Keywords: Women's Studies International Forum, journal, journals
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Manchester Women's History Group, .
Resources for Women's History in Greater Manchester:
(National Museum of Labour History, 1993).
An invaluable guide to archival material in over forty institutions, which resulted from a major project of retrieval and recovery undertaken by the Manchester Women's History Group. It uncovers a fascinating array of material of use to all those interested in researching the history of women: film, photographs, oral history tapes, manuscripts, artifacts & printed sources. Paperback. Very good. iv + 172pp. Order No. NSBK-C679
Keywords: 0950712019, Manchester, Greater Manchester, women's history, Britain, British, England, English, history, Manchester Women's History Group, sources, resources, National Museum of Labour History
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May, William J.
Calling All Women: Fifty-Two Talks for Women's Meetings
(The Epworth Press, 1943).
Hardback. Good+ in soiled, torn dustwrapper. 192pp. Order No. NSBK-A11280
Keywords: B000LPEC94, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, Methodism, nonconformity, Dissent, nonconformists, women's meetings, World War Two, World War II, World War 2, Second World War, wars, warfare, twentieth century, 20th Century, wartime
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Women's Studies Collective, Hunter College.
Women's Realities, Women's Choices: An Introduction to Women's Studies
(OUP, 1983).
Paperback. Very good. xxv + 621pp. Order No. NSBK-C9537
Keywords: 0195032284, women, woman, women's studies, women's history, feminism, feminists, sex, sexuality, motherhood, imagery, daughters, sisters
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Glasgow Women's Studies Group, Liz Bird, Margaret Buchan et al.
Uncharted Lives: Extracts from Scottish Women's Experiences, 1850 - 1982
(Pressgang, 1983).
Scarce. Paperback. Minor pencil annotation. With newspaper reviews pasted to endpapers, covers slightly faded, otherwise a good solid copy. 206pp. Order No. NSBK-C15956
Keywords: 9780946025305, Scottish women, Glasgow, history, Glasgow Women's Studies Group, trade unions, housing, art, work, antenatal care, motherhood
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Bristol Women's Studies Group, .
Half the Sky: an Introduction to Women's Studies
(Virago, rpt, 1984).
Paperback. Good. x + 306pp. Order No. NSBK-C389
Keywords: 086068086X, women's studies, feminism, gender, Virago, Bristol
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