{"product_id":"suffragettes-the-fight-for-votes-for-women","title":"Suffragettes: The Fight for Votes for Women","description":"Review\n\nA cleverly assembled patchwork of press cuttings, diary entries and journal extracts comes together here to make up a colourful and moving narrative of the women's suffrage movement ― Scotsman\n\nA] fascinating anthology... what makes it so interesting is not just the coverage of the main events...but the lesser known details. ― The Times\n\nProduct Description\n\nQueen 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\nIt 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.\nJoyce Marlow's anthology is lively, comprehensive, surprising and triumphant.\n\nBook Description\n\n* A comprehensive anthology of the long and bloody history of women's struggle to get the vote. Here is the story in the voices of the women themselves.\n\nAbout the Author\n\nJoyce Marlow was born and bred in Manchester. She started her working life as an actress before turning to full-time writing. She is the author of THE VIRAGO BOOK OF WOMEN AND THE GREAT WAR. Married with two sons she lives in the High Peak district of Derbyshire.","brand":"smeikalbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39667998785621,"sku":"9780349007748N","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/7bc4fd6f-7b53-4aa4-b083-bb0f99e201ff.jpg?v=1644295432","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/suffragettes-the-fight-for-votes-for-women","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}