Meade, L.T..
The Darling of the School:
(W. & R. Chambers, no date).
With 6 illustrations, of which one is loose. Hardback. Some rather heavy white blotching / fading to soiled cloth, a good reading copy only. Some splitting to spine internally at back. 271pp. Order No. NSBK-A8605
Keywords: B000J2M4IK, girls, girls' school stories, history, education, girlhood, childhood, children, Britain, British, England, English, schools, schooling, L.T. Meade, fiction
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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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Pankhurst, Helen.
Deeds Not Words: The Story of Women's Rights - Then and Now
(Sceptre, 2018).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 376pp. Order No. NSBK-C15646
Keywords: 9781473646858, history, women's suffrage, Votes for Women, suffragettes, feminism, women's movement
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Lewis, Jane.
The Politics of Motherhood: Child and Maternal Welfare in England, 1900 - 1939
(Croom Helm, 1980).
Hardback. Ex library but very good in faded, slightly worn / torn dustwrapper. 235pp. Order No. NSBK-C2575
Keywords: 9780773505216, child, children, maternal, welfare, health, the family, history, childbirth, social policy, England, motherhood, contraception, birth control, English, Britain, British, mother, mothers
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Tew, Kaye, et al.
All Write: Special Edition of Muse
(MMU, 2005).
Paperback. Edges slightly rubbed, otherwise very good. 166pp. Order No. NSBK-A13922
Keywords: 1905476027, Muse, Manchester Metropolitan University, writing, Muse, Arts Council England, North West
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Lawrence, Karen R.
Penelope Voyages: Women and Travel in the British Literary Tradition
(Cornell UP, 1994).
Paperback. Fine. xiv + 268pp. Order No. NSBK-C5463
Keywords: 0801499135, Penelope Voyages, travellers, travelers, travel, Britain, British, England, English, history, literature, literary, fiction, woman, women, women's, writings, texts, women explorers, women writers
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Cobbe, Frances Power.
Criminals, Idiots, Women and Minors: Is the Classification Sound? A Discussion on the Laws Concerning the Property of Married Women
(Portrayer, 2002 rpt of 1868 article).
First appeared in Fraser's Magazine, Dec 1868. No 2 in the Open Archive Occasional Series. Booklet. New booklet, fine. 22pp. Order No. NSBK-C6302
Keywords: social history, Frances Power Cobbe, Victorian, nineteenth century, women, women's history, Britain, British, England, English, philanthropy, philanthropists, women's rights, women's movement, suffrage, woman suffage, women's suffrage, London National Society for Women's Suffrage, feminists, feminist, feminism, family history, families, Married Women's Property Act, law, legal, marital relations, marital law, property holders, property owners, married women, husbands, wives, married couples, domesticity, wife, laws, Fraser's Magazine, Portrayer, Portrayer Publishers, Open Archive Occasional Series, new title, booklet
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Coppock, Vicki, Haydon, D., and Richter, Ingrid.
The Illusions of Post-Feminism: New Women, Old Myths
(Taylor and Francis, 1995).
Hardback. Very good+ in dustwrapper. viii + 213pp. Order No. NSBK-C14019
Keywords: 9780748402373, feminism, feminists, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, women writers, women's writing, woman writer, females, feminine, writers, authors, authoresses, literature, fiction, feminists, feminism, post-feminism
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McGeeney, Patrick.
Parents are Welcome:
(Longmans, 1969).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stickers, otherwise good in slightly worn dustwrapper. 192pp. Order No. NSBK-A3126
Keywords: 582324343, Plowden Report, parents, parenting, children, education, social background, school, teacher, fundraising, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Harris, C.C.
The Family and Industrial Society:
(George Allen and Unwin, 2nd impress., 1984).
Studies in Sociology:13. Paperback. Spine creased, some ink annotation not affecting legibility, otherwise good. xi + 260pp. Order No. NSBK-A9401
Keywords: 004301156X, family, families, industrial, industry, sociology, kinship, child, children, household, statistics, marriage, Britain, British, England, English, history, population, demography
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