Secret Missions of the Suffragettes: Glassbreakers and Safe Houses

Author:   Jennifer Godfrey
Publisher:   Pen & Sword Books Ltd
ISBN:  

9781399013963


Pages:   160
Publication Date:   23 April 2024
Format:   Hardback
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Secret Missions of the Suffragettes: Glassbreakers and Safe Houses


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Over two evenings in March 1912, more than 250 women – old and young, rich and poor, strong and delicate – were arrested and charged with using hammers and stones to smash the windows of shops and offices across London. The youngest amongst them was 19-year-old teenager glass-breaker and Kent working maid, Ethel Violet Baldock, whilst the eldest was 79-year-old Mrs Hilda Eliza Brackenbury, owner of suffragette safe house, Mouse Castle, in Campden Hill Square. These two evenings would later become known as the Women's Social and Political Union's window smashing Great Militant Protest. The protest, driven by WSPU leader Emmeline Pankhurst, was against the government and their refusal to include women in their reform bill, which would give women the right to vote. Secret Missions of the Suffragettes examines these two evenings in great detail, before going on to explore 'behind the scenes' of the movement; the safe houses and rest homes used by the history-shaping women involved, together with stories of the women themselves, as well as their self defence training and use of disguises and alias names, all of which were needed to be a part of such a militant campaign. Discover their stories, motives, plans, tactics and antics as Jennifer Godfrey explores the connections, friendships and collaborations that would help change the course of history for women in Britain. AUTHOR: Jennifer Godfrey believes in the strength of shared experiences and stories to uplift and empower people. This approach has seen her become an advocate for historic female voices, both through her writing and in giving talks. Her first book, Suffragettes of Kent, introduced Ethel Violet Baldock whose life and participation in the Great Protest would become the inspiration for this, Jennifer's second book. 50 b/w illustrations

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Author:   Jennifer Godfrey
Publisher:   Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Imprint:   Pen & Sword History
ISBN:  

9781399013963


ISBN 10:   1399013963
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   23 April 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

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Jennifer Godfrey believes in the strength of shared experiences and stories to uplift and empower people. This approach has seen her become an advocate for historic female voices, both through her writing and in giving talks. Her first book, Suffragettes of Kent, introduced Ethel Violet Baldock whose life and participation in the Great Protest would become the inspiration for this, Jennifer’s second book.

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