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A Telegraph Book of 2018 An Observer Pick of 2018 A New Statesman Book of 2018 A definitive history and anarchic celebration of the fight for women's right to vote; 'A huge achievement' Rachel Cooke, Observer 'Glorious' Sunday Times 'A definitive history of the suffragettes' The Times 'Magisterial' Telegraph Between the death of Queen Victoria and the outbreak of the First World War, while the patriarchs of the Liberal and Tory parties vied for supremacy in parliament, the campaign for women's suffrage was fought with flair and imagination in the public arena. From their marches on Parliament and 10 Downing Street, to the selling of their paper, Votes for Women, through to the more militant activities of the Women's Social and Political Union, whose slogan 'Deeds Not Words!' resided over bombed pillar-boxes, acts of arson and the slashing of great works of art, the women who participated in the movement endured police brutality, assault, imprisonment and force-feeding, all in the relentless pursuit of one goal: the right to vote. A hundred years on, Diane Atkinson celebrates the lives of the women who answered the call to 'Rise Up'; a richly diverse group of actresses and mill-workers, teachers and doctors, bootmakers and sweated workers. Meticulously researched, vividly rendered and definitive, Rise Up, Women! brings these women to life in a stirring celebration of their grace, resilience and determination that changed the world forever.Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-139781408844052
eBay Product ID (ePID)19046639200
Product Key Features
Number of Pages688 Pages
Publication NameRise Up Women!: the Remarkable Lives of the Suffragettes
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGovernment, Zoology, History
Publication Year2019
TypeTextbook
AuthorDr Diane Atkinson
Subject AreaBiographies & True Stories
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight540 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorDr Diane Atkinson