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Suffragettes: The Fight for Votes for Women | Joyce Marlow
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Queen Victoria is most anxious to enlist everyone who can speak or write to join in checking this mad wicked folly of women's rights, with all its attendant horrors, on which her poor sex is bent' - 1870 It was a bloody and dangerous war lasting several decades, won finally by sheer will and determination in 1928. Drawing on extracts from diaries, newspapers, letters, journals and books, Joyce Marlow has pieced together this inspiring, poignant and exciting history using the voices of the women themselves. Some of the people and events are well-known, but Marlow has gone beyond the obvious, particularly beyond London, to show us the ordinary women - middle and working-class, who had the breathtaking courage to stand up and be counted - or just as likely hectored, or pelted with eggs. These women were clever and determined, knew the power of humour and surprise and exhibited 'unladylike' passion and bravery. Joyce Marlow's anthology is lively, comprehensive, surprising and triumphant.
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OrangeMooseReads
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This poster came with the puzzle I just posted about. It has a paragraph about the women and some suffragette information.

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Birdsong28
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Yes!!!!! Congratulations. This just shows that people are still interested in and know the worth of The Suffragettes 🎊🎉📚📖

Deeds not Words

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Birdsong28
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From Lucy Worsley's FB page.

Well deserved, it was a really good programme.

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Birdsong28
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Weaponxgirl I missed it last night! Plan is to iplayer it tonight! 6y
Birdsong28 @Weaponxgirl I have it recorded so I can watch it in peace some other time. Looking forward to it. 📚📖 6y
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Birdsong28
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Caroline2 Oh yay!! Thanks for the heads up, I‘ll defo be watching that! 👍🏻 6y
charl08 Sounds good! Feel like the books are ahead of the tv this year. 6y
Birdsong28 It's ok @Caroline2 yeah I know what you mean @charl08 there have been loads of books but nothing on T.V as I have Rise Up Women and the tagged book that came out this year and there still more books to come 6y
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kaysworld1
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Woman's suffrage: a bloody and dangerous war lasting several decades, won finally in 1928.
Ordinary woman who had the breathtaking courage to stand up and be counted, no matter the consequences.
📚😃💄👠💎💐🙏👏💪

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