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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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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Trotter, Janet MacLeod.
The Suffragette:
(Headline Book Publishing, 1996).
Paperback. Fine. 504pp. Order No. NSBK-C10961
Keywords: suffragettes, Votes for Women
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Jones, Helen, ed.
Duty and Citizenship: the Correspondence and Papers of Violet Markham, 1896-1953
(The Historians' Press, 1994).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. vi + 202pp. Order No. NSBK-C3649
Keywords: 9781872273037, Violet Markham, women, work, duty, citizenship, suffrage, anti-suffrage, Votes for Women, anti-suffragism, suffragettes, Edwardian, war, World War I, Great War, First World War, Home Front, citizens, Liberals, local politics, Liberal politics, twentieth century, letters, Helen Jones
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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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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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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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Gardner, Viv, editor.
Sketches from the Actresses' Franchise League:
(Nottingham Drama Texts, Nottingham University, 1985).
Paperback. Ex library. Covers soiled, usual library stamps and markings, minor scorings to text, otherwise good. 96pp. Order No. NSBK-C13914
Keywords: 0906129095, 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, theatre, plays, theatrical, suffragette writers, playwrights, Edwardian, Pankhursts, actresses, acting, Actresses' Franchise League, Beatrice Harraden, Cicely Hamilton, Gertrude Jennings, Bessie Hatton, Inez Bensusan
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