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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Barratt, Alexandra, ed.
Women's Writing in Middle English:
(Longman, 1992).
Paperback. Very good. xiv + 328pp. Order No. NSBK-C12765
Keywords: women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, medieval, novels, literature, literary, writers, writing, authors
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Parsons, Elsie Clews.
The Journal of a Feminist: Elsie Clews Parsons
(Thoemmes Press, 1994).
With a new introduction and notes by Margaret C. Jones. Paperback. Very good. xxxvi + 108pp. Order No. NSBK-C5993
Keywords: 9781855062504, Elsie Clews Parsons, feminism, feminists, women's history, females, woman, patriarchy, abortion, careers, divorce, laws, legal, sexuality, ageism, gender, nineteenth century, twentieth cnetury, women's rights, rights for women, American, America, biography, journals, biographies, life histories, life history, United States, USA
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Vertinsky, Patricia A.
The Eternally Wounded Woman: Women, Doctors and Exercise in the Late Nineteenth Century
(MUP, 1990).
Hardback. With newspaper cutting pasted to inside front cover, otherwise very good in dustwrapper. 279pp. Order No. NSBK-C13610
Keywords: 0719025257, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, doctors, exercise, medicine, hospitals, physical exercise, physical, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th
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Suffragette Embroidered Iron-on Patches, .
Three WSPU Embroidered Iron-On Patches: Attractive Cloth Patches in Purple, White and Green, Featuring a Women's Social and Political Union Embroidered Insignia
(Portrayer, 2005).
Pack of 3 iron-on patches, presented in a small poly-bag. Each patch is circular, 45 mm in diameter, and can be affixed easily to garments (jackets, bags, trousers, shirts, handkerchiefs, scarves, skirts, coats, jumpers etc.) with the use of a hot iron and a damp cloth. High quality items in green satin, with white, purple and green silk embroidered stitching detail (WSPU insignia which depicts a Clarion 'Angel' with trumpet). Brand new, fine condition. pp. Order No. NSBK-C8966
Keywords: WSPU, Women's Social and Political Union, suffragettes, suffrage, suffragette, Portrayer Publishers, woman suffrage, women's suffrage, social history, women's history, enfranchisement, women's movement, campaigns, cloth, patch, patches, embroidery, embroidered, iron-on patch, iron-on patches, Britain, British, England, English, angel, trumpet, Clarion, Votes for Women, suffragette ephemera
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Tedder, Alan.
Sunderland East End:
(Black Cat, 1990).
Paperback. Minor bump to lower corner, otherwise very good. 72pp. Order No. NSBK-A16123
Keywords: 9780951804315, stored with booklets, booklet, history, North East, England, Sunderland, Newcastle, Geordie, photographs, photos, illustrated, Hendon, Tyne and Wear, social history, streets, urban, industry
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Mitchell, David.
The Pankhursts:
(Edito-Service, 1970).
Hardback. Spine rubbed, otherwise very good. xi + 341pp. Order No. NSBK-C4185
Keywords: B0006C1KNI, Christabel Pankhurst, Sylvia Pankhurst, Emmeline Pankhurst, history, Edwardian, twentieth century, Votes for Women, suffrage, biography, biographies, English, England, Britain, British, politics, Women's Social and Political Union, WSPU, Charlotte Despard, suffragettes, Pethick-Lawrence, socialism
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Gilman, Charlotte Perkins.
The Home: Its Work and Influence
(AltaMira, 2002).
Introduction by Michael S. Kimmel. A Reprint ofr the 1903 edition. Paperback. Fine. xx + 347pp. Order No. NSBK-C13628
Keywords: 0759103062, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, homes, households, family, families, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender
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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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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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