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 10 Suffragette Greetings Cards, .
John Bull and his Wife: Franchise Villa
(Portrayer Publishers, 2009).
Pack of 10 greetings cards (all featuring the same design) including envelopes. Card measurements are 6 inches high by 4 inches wider. Blank interiors for your own message or for any occasion. The image is printed in vibrant colours and is taken from a suffragette poster, c. 1912. Mrs Bull tries to beat an entry into Franchise Villa, while her husband, John Bull, refuses to let her in. Please note that the sample electronic image, unlike the cards themselves, is watermarked and reduced in quality, to prevent image theft. Brand new, fine. pp. Order No. NSBK-C14484
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, suffragette art, art, illustration, illustrations, twentieth century, 20th century, twentieth century, portrayer, portrayer publishers, suffragette greetings cards, greetings card, Christmas gifts, suffragette ephemera, new, John Bull, enfranchisement
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Harrison, Shirley.
Sylvia Pankhurst: A Crusading Life 1882-1960
(Aurum Press, 2003).
Hardback. Small stain on top front edge and top of dustwrapper, otherwise very good. viii + 291pp. Order No. NSBK-D7899
Keywords: 9781854109057, Pankhursts, Pugh, politics, suffrage, suffragettes, suffragists, militants, Edwardian, twentieth century, 20th, Sylvia, Christabel, women's history, Emmeline, the vote, women's rights, the women's movement, emancipation, woman, woman's, womans
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Raeburn, Antonia.
The Suffragette View:
(David & Charles, 1976).
Hardback. Very good in slightly rubbed dustwrapper. 95pp. Order No. NSBK-C2222
Keywords: 0715370340, women's politics,politics, suffrage, suffragette, suffragism, Edwardian, Votes for Women, women's rights, the Women's Movement, Britain, British, England, English, history, women's history
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Alberti, Johanna.
Eleanor Rathbone:
(Sage, 1996).
Paperback. Light soiling to page edges, otherwise very good. viii + 200pp. Order No. NSBK-C7217
Keywords: 9780803988767, Eleanor Rathbone, history, women's history, British politics, Britain, English, England, woman suffrage, suffragists, suffragettes, women MPs, Members of Parliament, family allowances, social policy, women's movement, family policy
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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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Suffragette Postcard, .
Emmeline Pankhurst, 1858 - 1928:
(B. Matthews, Brighouse, Yorkshire, no date).
This postcard is NOT an original from the suffragette era, but dates from the 1960s or 1970s. The image of Emmeline is from the painting by Georgina Brackenbury, National Portrait Gallery, 1927. The card has not been posted. Short message in ink to the rear. Wear and a little creasing to corners, some browning & spotting to rear, otherwise very good. pp. Order No. NSBK-C14836
Keywords: suffragette ephemera, suffrage, suffragettes, suffragists, politics, political, rights, women's rights, women's movement, Votes for Women, woman, women's history, women's studies, women's suffrage, woman's suffrage, Emmeline Pankhurst, Pankhursts, portraits, portrait, National Portrait Gallery, heroines, suffragette postcards
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McDougall, Linda.
Cherie: The Perfect Life of Mrs Blair
(Politico's, 2001).
Hardback. Very good+ in dustwrapper. xii + 223pp. Order No. NSBK-C11225
Keywords: 1902301870, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, women's work, women and work, politics, political, politicians, government, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history
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Mitchell, David.
The Fighting Pankhursts: A Study in Tenacity
(Jonathan Cape, 1967).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good in soiled and edgeworn dustwrapper. 352pp. Order No. NSBK-A8922
Keywords: 0224611917, Pankhursts, Pankhurst, Christabel, Emmeline, Sylvia, Adela, suffrage, woman suffrage, women's suffrage, suffragettes, suffragette, protest, political women, David Mitchell, politics, Votes for Women, women's movement, Britain, British, England, English, suffrage question, post-women's suffrage, WSPU, Women's Social and Political Union
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Romero, Patricia W.
E. Sylvia Pankhurst: Portrait of a Radical
(Yale UP, rpt, 1990).
Paperback. Covers and page edges soiled, otherwise good. xv + 334pp. Order No. NSBK-C397
Keywords: 0300044828, suffrage, suffragette, suffragist, Votes for Women, women's rights, women's politics, Pankhurst, Edwardian, England, Britain, history, English, British
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