Symes, Ruth A.
It Runs in the Family:
(The History Press, 2013).
In the quest to uncover our family history, we turn to written records, the family album and even heirlooms. However, they can often be difficult to interpret and sometimes pose more questions than they answer: Why didn't my ancestors smile for the camera? Why did great-grandfather wear a beard while his sons were clean-shaven? Why is my great-grandmother holding flowers in this photograph? Drawing on evidence from social history, women's history, and the histories of photography, art and fashion, and using examples from the lowly as well as the famous, Ruth Symes explores many aspects of ordinary life in the past - from the state of the nation's teeth, to the legal and economic connotations of wearing a wedding ring and even the business of keeping a dog. This fascinating volume aims to help family historians get to know their elusive ancestors by deciphering the wealth of personal and historical clues contained in photographs, documents and artefacts. Paperback. New book, fine. 160pp. Order No. NSBK-D15428
Keywords: 9780752497020, family history, family, families, Ruth Symes, genealogy, geneaolgical, social history, evidence, sources, research, women, old photographs, photography
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Suffragette Jabot Pin, .
Suffragette Themed Jabot Pin Blue Glass Silver Plate Brooch Suffragettes: Modern Reproduction
(Portrayer Publishers, 2020).
Beautiful suffragette-themed, jewelled Jabot pin brooch, the perfect gift. Modern reproduction, brand new and art-deco in style. Main gem: imitation sapphire. Secondary gems: imitation diamonds. Dimensions: 57mm long and 12mm in breadth at widest point (where main jewel is). With safety pin and chain, and the famous suffragette slogan "Deeds Not Words" engraved on the rear of the main shaft. (These words are the wearer's secret commitment to the "Votes for Women" cause!) 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. Jabot pins were first used to adorn, or fasten, a dangling ruffle known as a jabot worn by men (on shirts) and women (on dresses) during the 1600s. They became important as an article of jewellery from the Edwardian period onwards - the heyday of the British suffragette movement - and flourished through into the 1930s as a special piece of Art Deco decoration. Jabot pins were worn on cloche hats, lapels, shoulders and handbags and were often adorned with jewels. New, fine. pp. Order No. NSBK-C16006
Keywords: B0FHBWLWSC, jabot pins, badges, badge, brooch, brooches, pins, pin, suffragettes, Votes for Women, history, social history, Edwardian, jewellery, jewelry, ephemera, memorabilia, suffragette,
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Ouvry, Elinor Southwood.
Extracts from Octavia Hill's Letters to Fellow-Workers, 1864 - 1911:
(Adelphi Book Shop, London, 1933).
Foreword by Neville Chamberlain. Card covers. Spine darkened, edges of covers slightly chipped / slightly curled, some chipping to spine, internally very good. iii + 64pp. Order No. NSBK-C4295
Keywords: B001QVTYT0, open spaces, housing, housing management, house, houses, Octavia Hill, London, philanthropy, women, woman, philanthropist, philanthropists, town planning, social history, welfare, towns, city, cities, fellow workers, fellow-workers, housing reformers, housing reformer, slum, slums, property, poor, poverty, nineteenth century, Victorian, Edwardian, twentieth century
Price £26.50.
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Saville, John.
1848: The British State and the Chartist Movement
(CUP, 1987).
Hardback. Minor marginal annotation, otherwise very good in slightly soiled dustwrapper. ix + 310pp. Order No. NSBK-A10335
Keywords: 0521333415, Chartists, Chartist movement, Chartism, radicalism, popular protest, nineteenth century, Victorian, socialism, reform, politics, franchise, votes, suffrage, working class, representation, working-class, classes, radicals, Britain, British, England, English, history, State, political
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Mackenzie, Norman and Jeanne, eds.
The Diary of Beatrice Webb: Volume Two, 1892-1905: All the Good Things of Life
(Virago, 1983).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good in dustwrapper. xv + 376pp. Order No. NSBK-C6087
Keywords: 0860682102, Beatrice Webb, Sidney Webb, the Webbs, social reform, Edwardian, Victorian, LSE, London School of Economics, poor, poverty, trade unionism, local government, state, women's history, woman, nineteenth century, twentieth century, Britain, British, England, English, diaries, diary, Virago
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Fawcett, Millicent Garrett.
Political Economy for Beginners:
(Macmillan, rpt, 1896).
Eighth edition revised and enlarged. Hardback. Slight splitting internally at spine, edges rubbed, otherwise good. xv + 246pp. Order No. NSBK-C6951
Keywords: B000WBH8Z2, women, women's history, woman, female, nineteenth century, Victorian, 19th, Millicent Garrett Fawcett, money, capital, socialism, collectivism, Raiffeisen, credit, economy, money, finance, commerce, trade unions
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Feminist Studies, .
Feminist Studies: Volume 29: Number 1. Spring 2003
(Feminist Studies, 2003).
Journal. Fine. 233pp. Order No. NSBK-C10633
Keywords: journals, feminism, feminist, women's studies, women, woman, gender, twentieth century, 20th
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Pack of 8 Suffragette Greetings Cards, .
Assorted Designs, Suffragette Themes:
(Portrayer Publishers, 2003).
Pack of 8 greetings cards (8 different designs) which reproduce attractive images on suffragette themes. The images are printed in vibrant lithographic colours. (Please note that the sample electronic image, unlike the cards themselves, is watermarked with a Naomi Symes Books 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 envelope. Blank interiors for your own message or for any occasion. Card 1: 'The Cat and Mouse Act', from a WSPU postcard, 1914. Card 2: Emmeline Pankhurst portrait from a modern, hand-painted oil painting, based on a photograph of her c.1909. Card 3: From a poster of 1908: Factory Acts - Regulations for Women. Card 4: 'The Suffragette Nails Her Colours to The Mast'. A masculine-looking woman attaches a 'Votes for Women' banner to her umbrella. An anti-women's suffrage image, a protest against the militancy of the suffragette movement, c.1908. Card 5: 'The Modern Inquisition'. From A WSPU poster, depicting the forcible feeding of suffragettes in prison, from the time of the January 1910 General Election. Card 6: From a Women Writers' Suffrage League poster, 1909, in which justice, personified as a woman, defends the female sex from male prejudice. Card 7: 'The Suffragette 1d Weekly'. From a poster advertising 'The Suffragette' newspaper, c.1912. Card 8: 'Meeting of Cabinet Ministers, 1978. Mrs Spankhurst, MP, Delivering her Maiden Speech'. Anti-suffrage, a satirical image from 1906, depicting four middle-aged women sitting around a tea table. (The prediction almost came true. 1978 was, of course, just one year short of Margaret Thatcher's first ministry!). 8 Greetings Cards. Fine, new. pp. Order No. NSBK-C7227
Keywords: B0032YKOKW, 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, envelopes, suffrage imagery, postcard, postcards, card, picture, pictures, cartoons, art, artist, artists, suffragette art, art, arts, artistry, illustration, illustrations, twentieth century, 20th century, portrayer, portrayer publishers, suffragette greetings cards, greetings card, cat and mouse act, liberals, liberal government, liberal party, pankhursts, pankhurst portraits, Emmeline Pankhurst, The Pankhursts, factory act, factory acts, women workers, woman worker, woman workers, modern inquisition, force feeding, forcible feeding, hunger strike, hunger strikes, prisons, imprisonment, imprisoned, suffragists, women's history, history, women, woman, acts of parliament, parliament, campaign, campaigners, women's rights, votes for women, voter, votes, women voter, woman voter, enfranchisement, enfranchise, The Franchise, colour images, Alfred Pearce, Mary Lowndes, The Suffragette Newspaper, propaganda, propagandists, drawing, drawings, painting, paintings, pankhurst, Portrayer, Portrayer Publishers, Christmas gifts, suffragette ephemera
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Coleman, Anne.
The Creative Sewing Machine:
(B. T. Batsford, 1979).
Hardback. Very good in slightly creased dustwrapper. 120pp. Order No. NSBK-A9904
Keywords: 0713433094, creative, crafts, sewing machines, sewing, needlework, women's studies, hobbies
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Ravenhill, Alice.
Some Characteristics and Requirements of Childhood:
(E. J. Arnold & Son, 2nd edition, 1910).
Hardback. Some cracking internally to hinges and some pencil scorings, cloth slightly browned, otherwise good. x + 71pp. Order No. NSBK-A14412
Keywords: B001OM0IZA, childhood, education, Alice Ravenhill, history, children, childhood development, infants, food, nurture, nature, play, development, adolescence, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Edwardian, women writers
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