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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Webb, Beatrice.
Beatrice Webb's Diaries, 1912-1924:
(Longmans, Green and Co, 1952).
Edited by Margaret L. Cole. With an introduction by Lord Beveridge. Hardback. Spine ends bumped, covers slightly worn, otherwise good in chipped, torn and worn dustwrapper. xxvi + 272pp. Order No. NSBK-C11987
Keywords: B0000CI9IH, Beatrice Webb, The Webbs, Sidney Webb, philanthropy, philanthropists, twentieth century, left- wing, socialism, socialists, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender
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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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Rose, Sonya O.
Limited Livelihoods: Gender and Class in Nineteenth-Century England
(Routledge, 1992).
Hardback. With a newspaper review pasted to rear endpaper, otherwise very good in dustwrapper. xi + 292pp. Order No. NSBK-A5017
Keywords: 9780415056540, Victorian, history, nineteenth century, gender, women, England, English, Britain, British, capitalism, industry, work, industrialisation, Industrial Revolution, economy, economic, working women, women's history, working class, working classes, sexual discrimination, gender roles
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Olivier, Edith.
Four Victorian Ladies of Wiltshire: with an Essay on those Leisured Ladies
(Fab. & Fab., mcmxlv).
Hardback. Cloth mottled / foxed, pages edges foxed, otherwise good. 101pp. Order No. NSBK-C375
Keywords: Wiltshire, Victorian ladies, women's history, Britain, England, English, British, Annie Moberly, Mrs Alfred Morrison, Barbara, nineteenth century Townsend, Mrs Percy Wyndham, leisure, biography
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Hall, Ruth.
Marie Stopes: a Biography
(Andre Deutsch, 1977).
Hardback. Ex library with marks left by library stickers, well-used but good in loose, creased dustwrapper. 351pp. Order No. NSBK-C653
Keywords: 0233968792, Marie Stopes, history, contraception, family, childbirth, birth control, Britain, British, England, English, history, women's history
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Bristow, Joseph.
Sexuality: The New Critical Idiom
(Routledge, 1997).
The New Critical Idiom. Paperback. Good+. ix + 248pp. Order No. NSBK-C12833
Keywords: 0415084946, sexuality, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, homosexuality, heterosexuality, heterosexuals, gays
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Liveing, Henry G. D..
Records of Romsey Abbey: An Account of the Benedictine House of Nuns, With Notes on the Parish Church and Town (A.D. 907 - 1558)
(Warren and Son, 1912).
Abridged edition. Some pages uncut. Compiled from manuscript and printed records. Illustrated. Hardback. Light foxing, & slight rubbing to spine ends, otherwise very good in gilt-decorated navy cloth. xi + 292pp. Order No. NSBK-A8614
Keywords: B001OZTZSS, Romsey Abbey, Middle Ages, medieval, mediaeval, Romsey, history, religious houses, nuns, nunneries, nun, convents, convent, benedictine nuns, parish history, religion, religious, faith, Christians, Christianity, dissolution of the monasteries, foundations, clergy, women, female, women's history
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Stratton, Helen.
Walberswick Marshes:
(Date unknown).
An original delicate watercolour painting on card (unframed) believed to be by the artist Helen Stratton (24.5 cm x 27.5cm or 9.5 inches x 10.5 inches). Stratton is a highly-regarded illustrator of children's fairy tales. Signed with initials in bottom right-hand corner (active 1891-1925). Framer's plate (which is separate, but which has presumably been on the back of the picture when framed) gives provenance - Walberswick Marshes - Helen Stratton - and her London address: 113 Abingdon Road, Kensington. The picture, in greens and blues, is of a bridge over marshland. Walberswick in Suffolk was a haven for artists in the 1890s and 1900s and is associated with Philip Wilson Steer and his circle of English Impressionists. The card has suffered a little acidification from the original backing boards. Corners worn, one slightly split, some browning to edges, and light brown staining to top left edge, about 1.5cm wide. Otherwise very good. pp. Order No. NSBK-C15466
Keywords: B07FT384YJ, Helen Stratton, Stratton, painter, painting, original, watercolour, Suffolk, Walberswick Marshes,painters, Walberswick, illustrations, images, art. artist, artists, Victorian, Edwardian, twentieth century, nineteenth century, Helen Isobel Mansfield Ramsey Stratton, Art Nouveau, Glasgow School, woman artist, women artists, book illustrator, illustrators, children's book illustrator, Minsmere-Walberswick Heaths and Marshes Site of Special Scientific Interest, Walberswick National Nature Reserve, Southwold, marshland, reedbeds, English Impressionists, impressionist, Enfland, 20th century, 19th century, antiquarian, women painters, watercolours
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Daitch, Susan.
L.C:
(Virago, 1986).
Novel - about Lucienne Crozier, radical socialist & feminist at the time of the 1848 Revolution in France. Paperback. Edge worn, o/w good. 284pp. Order No. NSBK-C1782
Keywords: 0860687635, Lucienne Crozier, radical socialist, 1848 Revolution, french, france, women's history, socialism, feminism, socialists
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