101 Things You Need to Know About Suffragettes

By Professor Maggie Andrews and Dr Janis Lomas

Suffragettes learned jiu-jitsu, repelled policemen with their hatpins, burnt down football stadiums and planted bombs. They rented a house near to Holloway Prison and sang rebel anthems to the Suffragettes inside. They barricaded themselves into their homes to repulse tax collectors. They arranged mass runs on Parliament. They had themselves posted to the Prime Minister, getting as far as the door of No. 10. Indomitable older members applied for gun licences to scare the government into thinking they were planning a revolution. Rebels. Warriors. Princesses. Prisoners. Pioneers. Here are 101 of the most extraordinary facts about Suffragettes that you need to know.

• Language: English
• Publisher: The History Press
• Release date: Apr 23, 2018
• ISBN: 9780750988858

Reviews for 101 Things You Need to Know About Suffragettes

[tommi180744 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Contents are as the title implies: Brief, but informative detail on the UK's Votes for Women movement from early female campaigners killed at the Peterloo mass demonstration in 1819 to Enfranchisement Act 1918 and then the First female MPs, & on to the passing of the leading Suffragettes. Many informative photos & illustrations from the period.