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  • The Suffragette Movement

    An Intimate Account of Persons and Ideals - With an Introduction by Dr Richard Pankhurst

    by E. Sylvia Pankhurst ...
    “The Suffragette Movement - An Intimate Account Of Persons And Ideals” is a 1931 work by E. Sylvia Pankhurst. In this volume, Pankhurst aims to describe the events and experiences of the movement, as well as the characters and intentions of those involved. In this fascinating volume, Pankhurst shows the strife, suffering, a hope behind the pageantry, the rhetoric, and the turbulence of the time. ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Suffragette: The History of the Women's Militant Suffrage Movement, 1905-1910

    by E. Sylvia Pankhurst ...
    "The Suffragette: The History of the Women's Militant Suffrage Movement" by E. Sylvia Pankhurst is a compelling exploration of the early 20th-century women's suffrage movement in the United Kingdom. Pankhurst, a prominent activist herself, provides an insider's perspective on the struggles and triumphs of women fighting for their right to vote. The book delves into the tactics employed by ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Suffragette - The History of The Women's Militant Suffrage Movement - 1905-1910

    by E. Sylvia Pankhurst ...
    First published in 1911, “The Suffragette - The History of The Women's Militant Suffrage Movement – 1905-1910” is an account of the progress and happenings of the Militant Women's Suffrage Movement by Emmeline Pankhurst, outlining both the steps by which the movement grew and the motives and ideas that animated its promoters. This volume offers a fascinating insight into the origins and struggles ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Suffragette in America

    Reflections on Prisoners, Pickets and Political Change

    by E. Sylvia Pankhurst ...
    This book is a collection of Sylvia Pankhurst's writing on her visits to North America in 1911-12. Unlike the standard suffragette tours which focused on courting progressive members of America's social elite for money, Pankhurst got her hands dirty, meeting striking laundry workers in New York, visiting female prisoners in Philadelphia and Chicago and grappling with horrific racism in Nashville, ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Richard Marsden Pankhurst - A Eulogy by his Daughter

    by Sylvia Pankhurst ...
    A tribute to the campaigner and political reformer Richard Pankhurst, husband to Emmeline Pankhurst and father to suffragists Adela, Sylvia and Christine Pankhurst. He helped found the Manchester Liberal Association and established a National Society for Women's Suffrage as well as drafting the first women's suffrage bill in England. A committed liberal, he also campaigned for such diverse causes ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Between Two Fires

    by Sylvia Pankhurst, Rachel Holmes ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    You're between two fires…They're very warm sometimes.Noah Adamson is the first Leader of the Labour Party; frequently torn between his socialism and principled support for votes for women on the one hand and the more reactionary views of too many of his colleagues on the other. A middle-aged married man; he is also in love with the young socialist suffragette Freda McLaird. Things look bleak for ... Read more

    $20.19 CAD

  • The Suffragette

    The History of the Women's Militant Suffrage Movement

    by Sylvia Pankhurst, Emmeline Pankhurst ...
    By 1903, more than fifty years of peaceful campaigning had brought British women no closer to attaining the right to vote. In that year activist Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Women's Social and Political Union, a militant organization dedicated to achieving women's suffrage. The union's motto, "Deeds not words," reflected its radical approach, consisting of stone-throwing, window-breaking, arson, ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The Suffragette (Unabridged)

    by E. Sylvia Pankhurst ...
    Narrated by Christopher Fruchter ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 48 min

    In the heart of a tumultuous era, "The Suffragette" by E. Sylvia Pankhurst unveils the captivating story of the women who dared to challenge societal norms. Join Sylvia, a fearless suffragette, as she navigates the treacherous path of activism, facing imprisonment, violence, and unwavering determination. Through her gripping firsthand account, witness the birth of a movement that would forever ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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  • A Century of Female Revolution

    From Peterloo to Parliament

    by Glynis Cooper ...
    This dramatic social history follows the struggle for women's rights in England from the Industrial Revolution to the Suffragist victory after WWI.The 100 years from 1819-1919 saw remarkable change for women in England. From the early nineteenth century, when women were not even considered 'persons' under the law, they achieved full legal rights and status. The doors of education and employment ... Read more

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  • Voices from History: East London Suffragettes

    by Sarah Jackson, Rosemary Taylor ...
    In 1914, the East London Federation of Suffragettes, led by Sylvia Pankhurst, split from the WSPU. Sylvia's mother and sister, Emmeline and Christabel, had encouraged her to give up her work with the poor women of East London – but Sylvia refused. Besides campaigning for women to have an equal right to vote from their headquarters in Bow, the ELFS worked on a range of equality issues which ... Read more

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  • John A

    The Man Who Made Us

    by Richard J. Gwyn ...
    The first full-scale biography of Canada’s first prime minister in half a century by one of our best-known and most highly regarded political writers.The first volume of Richard Gwyn’s definitive biography of John A. Macdonald follows his life from his birth in Scotland in 1815 to his emigration with his family to Kingston, Ontario, to his days as a young, rising lawyer, to his tragedy-ridden ... Read more

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  • The Monarchy

    A Critique of Britain's Favourite Fetish

    by Christopher Hitchens ...
    'Why, when the subject of royalty or monarchy is mentioned, do the British bid adieu to every vestige of proportion, modesty, humour and restraint? 'This is not a call for the monarchy's abolition by fiat; illusions cannot be abolished. This is an invitation to think.In this scathing essay, Christopher Hitchens looks at the relationship of the press and the public to the royal family, unpacking ... Read more

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