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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Enamel Reproduction Suffragette Badge, Clover Design.
N.U.W.S.S. Badge. Clover Design: Modern Replica:
(Portrayer Publishers, 2004).
Women's Suffrage: high quality modern reproduction enamel badge. (Hard enamel-type finish, no epoxy sealing). Size: 25mm (1 inch) diameter, circular shape. Brass back and gold-plated safety-pin with safe locking ring to rear. This badge is a modern replica of an original of the period, featuring the words " Women's Suffrage" and cast in green, white and a pearlised translucent deep ruby red. Presented inside a small poly-bag. Badge. New, fine - wrapped in polythene wrapper. pp. Order No. NSBK-C8168
Keywords: B0032Q2DHC, Votes For Women, suffrage, woman suffrage, pin, button, badges, pin back, pinback, pins, suffragette, suffragettes, suffragettes' badges, suffragist, suffragists, women, women's history, woman history, women history, social history, Britain, British, England, English, enamel, enamels, jewellery, jewelry, clovers, NUWSS, N.U.W.S.S, emblems, National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, Christmas gifts, Portrayer Publishers, 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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Real Photographic Suffragette Postcard, Original.
Suffragettes' Parade. March 3rd 1913. Washington DC: Liberty and her Attendants. Suffragettes' Tableau in Front of Treasury Bloc
(I. & M. Ottenheimer, Baltimore, MD., 1913).
An original photographic postcard for collectors of original suffragette / Votes for Women memorabilia. On March 3, 1913, the National American Woman Suffrage Association - NAWSA - organised a woman suffrage parade and demonstration in Washington DC. (Pennsylvania Avenue). It was timed to coordinate with Woodrow Wilson's presidential inauguration, the following day. The marchers were jeered and attacked, and had to fight their way through the mob, and the resulting publicity focused the country's attention on the issue of Woman Suffrage. This is an original, contemporary postcard, issued at the time, and shows suffragette women in costume. Liberty and her Attendants. Suffragettes' Tableau in Front of Treasury Bloc. Photo by Harris-Ewing. On the back of the card, there's a handwritten contemporary message in ink: "This photo was taken on the Treasury Steps. It was quite cold that day and blowing hard. They did not have much clothes on". The card has not been posted and there is no stamp or postmark. Postcard. Rear is a little browned, slightly soiled and darkened, naturally with age, minor wear to corners and edges.Otherwise overall good condition. pp. Order No. NSBK-C15905
Keywords: suffragette ephemera, suffragette postcards, history, original postcards, women's suffrage, suffragettes, woman suffrage, Votes for Women, women's movement, antiquarian, parade, procession, antiquarian, American, United States of America, USA, Washington, collectible, National American Woman Suffrage Association
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Burton, Hester.
Barbara Bodichon, 1827-1891:
(John Murray, 1949).
Hardback. Ex library with minimal library markings. Some sun-fading and cracking intermally at spine, and a little wear to corners, otherwise good. xii + 220pp. Order No. NSBK-C1250
Keywords: B0006D73UQ, Barbara Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith, Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, women's rights, Pre-Raphaelite, law, marriage, Britain, England, British, English, history, women's history education, suffrage, marriage reform, biography, biographies, Hitchin, Girton, women's movement, Victorian, nineteenth century, Votes for Women, antiquarian
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Abrams, Fran.
Freedom's Cause: The Lives of the Suffragettes
(Profile Books, 2003).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. xvii + 283pp. Order No. NSBK-A15642
Keywords: 9781861974259, history, suffragettes, Votes for Women
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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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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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Pankhurst, Sylvia.
Sylvia Pankhurst: Everything is Possible. DVD
(WORLDWRITE, 2011).
DVD, Region 2. (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe). DVD. Brand new in fine condition. pp. Order No. NSBK-C15261
Keywords: B004QINSJ2, suffragettes, suffragette ephemera, history, women's history, social history, heroines, Pankhurst, Sylvia Pankhurst, suffrage movement, women's suffrage, woman, Richard Pankhurst, First World War, radicalism, films, TV, DVD, DVDs, votes for women, Edwardian, campaigns
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Reproduction Suffragette Medal, Hunger Strike Suffragettes.
Reproduction Suffragette Medal Hunger Strike Suffragettes:
(Portrayer Publishers, 2020).
Beautiful suffragette replica medal, a faithful reproduction of the original Hunger Strike one awarded to suffragettes who had gone on hunger strike (and often been force-fed) in prison. With the appearance of a military-style campaign medal, hunger strike medals were presented to suffragettes by the leadership of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), and honoured those who had gone on hunger strike to to protest against not being recognised as political prisoners. The obverse of the medal is inscribed with the words 'HUNGER STRIKE', whilst the back is blank (where the recipient's name would have been engraved). Materials: Grosgrain ribbon in the famous suffragette colours of purple, white and green (vertical strips). Nickel with an antique-effect silver finish for an authentic "aged-look". A safe, secure pin-clasp at the rear. 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. Dimensions: Medallion: 22mm diameter. Bars: 38mm X 7mm. Double-folded ribbon length: 40mm. Total medal length: 78mm. Medal. Brand new, in fine condition. pp. Order No. NSBK-C16042
Keywords: B08KGNFYQ5, women's suffrage, suffragettes, suffragette ephemera, replica, reproduction, badges, badge, prisons, protest, gaols, jails, criminal justice system, law, medals, medallions, Holloway Prison, Edwardian, woman suffrage, England, London, English, Britain, British, social history, women and politics, political, Votes for Women campaign, women's movement, emblems, feminist, feminism, hunger strikes
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