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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Pack of 8 Suffragette Greetings Cards, .
Assorted Designs, Suffragette Themes:
(Portrayer Publishers, 2003).
Pack of 8 greetings cards (8 different designs) which reproduce attractive images on suffragette themes. The images are printed in vibrant lithographic colours. (Please note that the sample electronic image, unlike the cards themselves, is watermarked with a Naomi Symes Books insignia and reduced in quality, to prevent image theft). Card measurements are 6 inches high by 4 inches wide and each card is complete with envelope. Blank interiors for your own message or for any occasion. Card 1: 'The Cat and Mouse Act', from a WSPU postcard, 1914. Card 2: Emmeline Pankhurst portrait from a modern, hand-painted oil painting, based on a photograph of her c.1909. Card 3: From a poster of 1908: Factory Acts - Regulations for Women. Card 4: 'The Suffragette Nails Her Colours to The Mast'. A masculine-looking woman attaches a 'Votes for Women' banner to her umbrella. An anti-women's suffrage image, a protest against the militancy of the suffragette movement, c.1908. Card 5: 'The Modern Inquisition'. From A WSPU poster, depicting the forcible feeding of suffragettes in prison, from the time of the January 1910 General Election. Card 6: From a Women Writers' Suffrage League poster, 1909, in which justice, personified as a woman, defends the female sex from male prejudice. Card 7: 'The Suffragette 1d Weekly'. From a poster advertising 'The Suffragette' newspaper, c.1912. Card 8: 'Meeting of Cabinet Ministers, 1978. Mrs Spankhurst, MP, Delivering her Maiden Speech'. Anti-suffrage, a satirical image from 1906, depicting four middle-aged women sitting around a tea table. (The prediction almost came true. 1978 was, of course, just one year short of Margaret Thatcher's first ministry!). 8 Greetings Cards. Fine, new. pp. Order No. NSBK-C7227
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Three Modern Pankhurst Badges, .
The Pankhursts: Photographic Images of Emmeline, Christabel and Sylvia Pankhurst on Three Attractive Plated Badges
(Portrayer Publisher, 2004).
3 X badges with a high gloss finish and secure safety-pin fittings to the rear. Featuring period images (photographic) of the faces of Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst and daughters Christabel and Sylvia Pankhurst. Circular-shaped. 25mm diameter. Presented inside a small poly-bag. Badges. New, in fine condition. pp. Order No. NSBK-C8753
Keywords: Votes For Women, suffrage, woman suffrage, pin, badge, pin back, pinback, pins, suffragette, suffragettes, suffragist, suffragists, women, women's history, social history, Britain, British, England, English, WSPU, Women's Social and Political Union, jewellery, Sylvia Pankhurst, Emmeline Pankhurst, Christabel Pankhurst, the Pankhursts, Pankhurst, badges, Edwardian, Portrayer Publishers, suffragette ephemera
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Pack of 10 Suffragette Greetings Cards, .
The Suffragette: 1d Weekly
(Portrayer Publishers, 2003).
Pack of 10 greetings cards (all featuring the same design) which reproduce an original poster advertising " The Suffragette" newspaper, circa. 1912. The image is printed in vibrant lithographic colours and depicts a young lady in the countryside, by a gate, holding high a copy of 'The Suffragette' newspaper. (Please note that the sample electronic image, unlike the cards themselves, is watermarked with a Portrayer insignia and reduced in quality, 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. 10 Greetings Cards. Brand new, fine. pp. Order No. NSBK-F6551
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, bartels, m bartels, 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
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Suffragette Poster, .
Justice Demands the Vote:
(Portrayer Publishers, reprint, 2003).
A modern reproduction of this suffragette poster, originally published by the Brighton and Hove Women's Francise Society, 191x (exact date uncertain). Printed with archival inks on premium paper (300 GSM, Silk Art, photographic print). Poster (in varying shades of brown and black) shows a woman holding a banner ("Justice Demands the Vote"), next to a shrouded woman holding the scales of justice. They're held back by a rope tied to two posts. Below the steps, a shrouded mother cuddles her baby and another woman in period fashion looks on. Size of the paper is 450mm x 320mm and image is approx 435mm x 305mm. Poster. Brand new, fine. pp. Order No. NSBK-C6881
Keywords: B001F3V7UI, Portrayer Publishers, suffragettes, suffragette poster, suffragette posters, Votes for Women, woman suffrage, history, women, enfranchisement, franchise, women's movement, politics, England, English, cartoons, suffrage, politics, images, imagery, women, women's, representations, pictures, poster, posters, enfranchisement, the franchise, reproductions, modern reproductions, print, prints, votes for women, votes, voting, voter, woman, women's suffrage, law and order, justice, Brighton and Hove Women's Francise Society, Sussex, picture, Portrayer, Christmas gifts, suffragette ephemera
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Portrayer Reproductions, .
Suffragette Jewelled Ring: Sterling Silver Domed Costume Ring in The Style of The Suffragettes
(Portrayer, 2017).
Suffragette-Styled, Sterling Silver Domed Ring, in Suffragette Colours of Purple, White and Green. Classic Suffragette-Inspired Circular Costume Ring. A curved dome, with a circular presentation of sparkling stones. A cluster of raised purple crystals at the centre is encircled by a wheel of glittering, clear baton crystals, which in turn is surrounded by a circumference of sparkling green.Inspired by the colours of the British Votes for Women campaign during the Edwardian era. Hallmarked Sterling silver {925 by purity}. Hallmarked by the Birmingham Assay Office, UK. A beautiful, sterling silver piece of jewellery. Available in one size only: Size: 'O' [UK sizing] Ring dimensions: Circle diameter: 15mm. Height of entire ring: 25mm. Width including silver band: 20mm. Presented perfectly in a black velvet box with gold-coloured fixture to front. Box dimensions: 52mm by 52mm by 42mm. Brand new, fine. pp. Order No. NSBK-C15569
Keywords: B07K1J2L92, suffragette memorabilia, rings, bands, suffragette ephemera, Votes for Women jewellery, jewelery, costume rings, suffragettes, women's history, Edwardian, woman suffrage, women's suffrage
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Reproduction Suffragette Badge / Brooch, .
Replica Suffragette Badge Streamer Design:
(Portrayer, 2018).
High-quality, attractive, reproduction suffragette badge / brooch. Votes for Women WSPU Suffragette Streamer. (Manufactured by Portrayer). Attractive, circular plated gold-coloured metal reproduction brooch / badge with firm safety-pin fitment at the rear for affixing to clothes. The original badge, on which this is faithfully based, was designed by Sylvia Pankhurst for the suffragette campaign in 1909 / 1910. It incorporates the purple, white and green colour-scheme of the Women's Social and Political Union, and depicts a woman stepping through an iron gate and heavy chains, carrying a 'Votes for Women' streamer. 25mm in diameter. Presented in an attractive zip-gift-bag which is clear at the front and shiny silver at the rear. Brand new, in fine condition. pp. Order No. NSBK-C15671
Keywords: Votes For Women, suffrage, woman suffrage, pins, badge, badges, pin back, pinbacks, suffragette, suffragettes, suffragists, women, women's history, social history, Britain, British, England, English, WSPU, Women's Social and Political Union, jewellery, jewelry, brooch, brooches, Edwardian, women's movement, Britain, British, England, English, Portrayer Publishers, suffragette ephemera, streamer
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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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Brammer, Leila R.
Excluded from Suffrage History: Matilda Joslyn Gage, Nineteenth-century American Feminist
(Greenwood Press, 2000).
Hardback. Very good. xviii + 136pp. Order No. NSBK-C15696
Keywords: 9780313304675, suffragettes, women's suffrage, USA, American history, Votes for Women, United States of America, 19th century, nineteenth century, Matilda Joslyn Gage
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Suffragette Jabot Pin, .
Suffragette Themed Jabot Pin Blue Glass Silver Plate Brooch Suffragettes: Modern Reproduction
(Portrayer Publishers, 2020).
Beautiful suffragette-themed, jewelled Jabot pin brooch, the perfect gift. Modern reproduction, brand new and art-deco in style. Main gem: imitation sapphire. Secondary gems: imitation diamonds. Dimensions: 57mm long and 12mm in breadth at widest point (where main jewel is). With safety pin and chain, and the famous suffragette slogan "Deeds Not Words" engraved on the rear of the main shaft. (These words are the wearer's secret commitment to the "Votes for Women" cause!) Presented with a free purple velvet gift-pouch, which is in turn displayed within an attractive zip-lock gift-bag, clear at the front and shiny silver at the rear. Jabot pins were first used to adorn, or fasten, a dangling ruffle known as a jabot worn by men (on shirts) and women (on dresses) during the 1600s. They became important as an article of jewellery from the Edwardian period onwards - the heyday of the British suffragette movement - and flourished through into the 1930s as a special piece of Art Deco decoration. Jabot pins were worn on cloche hats, lapels, shoulders and handbags and were often adorned with jewels. New, fine. pp. Order No. NSBK-C16006
Keywords: B0FHBWLWSC, jabot pins, badges, badge, brooch, brooches, pins, pin, suffragettes, Votes for Women, history, social history, Edwardian, jewellery, jewelry, ephemera, memorabilia, suffragette,
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