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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Cooper, Thomas, ed.
Cooper's Journal: or the Unfettered Thinker and Plain Speaker for Truth, Freedom and Progress (1850)
(Augustus M. Kelley, 1970).
Hardback. Very good+. 476pp. Order No. NSBK-A12792
Keywords: 0678006717, Thomas Cooper, Cooper's Journal, politics, political, politicians, government, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Chartists, Chartism
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Sand, George.
Marianne:
(Carroll & Graf, rpt., 1998).
With a new foreword by Marilyn French. Paperback. Fine. xv + 171pp. Order No. NSBK-C6140
Keywords: 0786705388, George Sand, nineteenth century, women writers, France, French, Europe, European, socialists, feminism, feminists, Marianne, novels, novelists, fiction, literature, literary
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Clarke, Fred.
John Quincy Adams:
(Collier Books, 1966).
A closeup of American government in action and of the man who pioneered many of its greatest achievements. Hardback. Good in torn and slightly soiled dustwrapper. 216pp. Order No. NSBK-A13957
Keywords: B0000CN9KW, John Quincy Adams, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, Presidents, politics, political, politicians, government
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Butler, Lord.
The Art of the Possible: The Memoirs of Lord Butler
(Hamish Hamilton, 1971).
Hardback. Good in chipped dustwrapper. x + 274pp. Order No. NSBK-A9373
Keywords: 0241020077, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, lives, life histories, politics, political, twentieth century, 20th, Britain, British, England, English, history, politicians, Lord Butler, memoirs, Suez, Conservatives, Tories, Tory Party
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Miller, Jane.
Seductions: Studies in Reading and Culture
(Virago, 1990).
Paperback. Fine. ix + 194pp. Order No. NSBK-C13644
Keywords: 0860689433, seduction, sex, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, feminism, feminists
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Cott, Nancy F.
The Grounding of Modern Feminism:
(Yale UP, 1987).
Hardback. With newspaper articles pasted to endpapers, otherwise good in soiled and yellowed dustwrapper. 372pp. Order No. NSBK-C15777
Keywords: 9780300038927, feminism, feminist theory, USA
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Pack of 6 Suffragette Greetings Cards, .
The Suffragette: 1d Weekly
(Portrayer Publishers, 2003).
Pack of 6 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. 6 Greetings Cards. Fine, new. pp. Order No. NSBK-F6550
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, propaganda, envelopes, suffrage imagery, postcard, postcards, 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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Pack of 10 Suffragette Greetings Cards, .
Votes for Workers:
(Portrayer Publishers, 2009).
Pack of 10 greetings cards (all featuring the same design). 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. The image is printed in vibrant colours and is taken from a suffragette poster, created by W.F. Winter, and originally produced by the Artists' Suffrage League (date unknown). Image (in shades of brown, cream and sand) shows weary and dejected British working woman at a sewing machine, with the slogan "Votes for Workers" beneath it. 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-C14486
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, suffrage imagery, card, picture, pictures, art, artist, artists, suffragette art, art, arts, artistry, illustration, illustrations, twentieth century, 20th century, twentieth century, portrayer, portrayer publishers, suffragette greetings cards, greetings card, Christmas gifts, suffragette ephemera, new, Artists' Suffrage League
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Costello, Cynthia B.
We're Worth It!: Women and Collective Action in the Insurance Workplace.
(Illinois UP, 1991).
Hardback. Very good+ in dustwrapper. 154pp. Order No. NSBK-C13148
Keywords: 0252018036, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, insurance, collective action, feminism, feminists
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