Hause, Steven C.
Hubertine Auclert: The French Suffragette
(Yale University Press, 1987).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 268pp. Order No. NSBK-C7515
Keywords: 0300038453, France, French, Europe, Europeans, history, women, women's history, women's movement, women's rights, rights for women, Women's suffrage, politics, political, Victorian, nineteenth century, 19th, 20th, twentieth, Edwardian, Hubertine Auclert, feminism, feminists, Paris, Parisian, suffragettes, votes for women, biography, biographical, biographies, life histories, lives, life history, enfranchisement, woman suffrage
Price £12.00.
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Williams, Neville.
Powder and Paint: A History of the Englishwoman's Toilet, Elizabeth I - Elizabeth II
(Longmans Green, 1957).
Hardback. Grey cloth darkened, but a good solid copy, in soiled, chipped, edgeworn dustwrapper. xiii + 192pp. Order No. NSBK-A15817
Keywords: B0000CJPXG, fashion, beauty, cosmetics, history, make-up, perfume, hairdressing, social history, women's, coiffure, salons
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Brittain, Vera.
Poems of the War and After:
(Victor Gollancz, first edition, 1934).
Ex-Wigan Free Public Library. A signed first edition copy. Inscription reads: 'With best wishes to Wigan, and Wigan Public Library from Vera Brittain. Wigan, December 7th, 1936'. Scarce, for the collector. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps.(Wigan Library). Cream cloth soiled, lacks spine cover, but contents firm, solid. Collectible though a working copy. 94pp. Order No. NSBK-C16020
Keywords: Vera Brittain, First World War, Great War, poems, verse, poetry, signed, women, women's history, social history, grief, mourning, signed editions, first editions, first edition, World War I, Wigan, Wigan Free Public Library, Lancashire, interwar, inter war, 1930s, thirties, antiquarian, collectible, literature, women writers, pacifism, pacifists
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Nicholson, Mavis.
What Did You Do in the War, Mummy?: Women in World War II
(Chatto & Windus, 1995).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good in dustwrapper. 264pp. Order No. NSBK-A8523
Keywords: 0701133562, war, Second World War, women, history, women's, World War II, Home Front, twentieth century, domestic front, land army, land girls, oral history, WAAF, wartime, wartime brides, widows, war effort, woman, female, social history
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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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Whelan, Robert, ed. (Octavia Hill).
Octavia Hill's Letters to Fellow-Workers, 1872 - 1911: Together with an Account of the Walmer Street Industrial Experiment
(Kyrle Books, 2005).
Hardback. Fine in fine dustwrapper. lxiv + 784pp. Order No. NSBK-A8671
Keywords: 0954891406, letters, correspondence, Octavia Hill, Octavia Hill's letters, fellow workers, fellow-workers, letters to fellow-workers, autobiography, autobiographical, social history, housing, houses, philanthropic, philanthropy, Victorian, Edwardian, twentieth century, 20th century, nineteenth century, 19th century, women, women's history, Walmer Street Industrial Experiment, tenants, Charity Organisation Society, poor, poverty, social welfare, open spaces, National Trust, reformers, reform, slums, slum, London, Lambeth, Walworth, charity, charities, charity work, Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Kyrle Society, homes, dwellings, Britain, British, England, English
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Edwards, Elizabeth.
Women in Teacher Training Colleges, 1900 - 1960: a Culture of Femininity
(Routledge, 2001).
Hardback. Very good. ix + 208pp. Order No. NSBK-C15080
Keywords: 9780415214759, women, history, women's, teachers, training, colleges, education, college, teacher, woman, female, femininity, social history, Homerton College, Avery Hill College, Bishop Otter College, class, women students, student, trainers, trainer, pupils, staff, feminine, feminism, feminist, feminists, principal, principals, sexuality, 20th century, twentieth century, Britain, British, England, English, June Purvis, Elizabeth Edwards, teaching, teach, schools, school, schooling, curriculum, curricular, study, studying, higher education, adult education
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Chapkis, Wendy.
Beauty and Secrets: Women and the Politics of Appearance
(The Women's Press, 1988).
Paperback. Very good. 214pp. Order No. NSBK-A9741
Keywords: 0704340895, women, women's history, politics, political appearance, faces, make up, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, class, twentieth century, 20th, Britain, British, England, English, dress, ugliness, ugly, beautiful, skin
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Sandford, Mrs Henry.
Home Work and Duties:
(W. & R. Chambers, 1885).
Girls' Reading-Book. Hardback. Some wear to edges & fraying to spine ends. Red / black cloth with gilt lettering slightly darkened, otherwise a good copy. 224pp. Order No. NSBK-C13123
Keywords: Victorian, 1880s, 19th century, nineteenth century, history, duties, responsibilities, duty, responsibility, social history, women's history, Mrs Henry Sandford, women's education, girls, girlhood, domestic economy, food, clothing, sewing, needlework, knitting, ventilation, cleaning, washing, health, sickness, Britain, British, England, English, hygiene,
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Sochen, June.
Movers and Shakers: American Women Thinkers and Activists, 1900-1970
(Quadrangle, 1973).
Hardback. Top of spine slightly torn, otherwise good+ in slightly chipped dustwrapper. xi + 320pp. Order No. NSBK-A11864
Keywords: 0812903609, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, feminism, feminists, activists, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, twentieth century, 20th, politics, political, politicians, government
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