Why read Hearts And Minds?

Book cover of Hearts And Minds: The Untold Story of the Great Pilgrimage and How Women Won the Vote

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Set against the colourful background of the entire campaign for women to win the vote, Hearts and Minds tells the remarkable and inspiring story of the suffragists' march on London.

1913: the last long summer before…

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Jill Liddington

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This book tells the tale of the 1913 National Union of Women’s Suffrage Society (NUWSS) pilgrimage. I’ve always been irked by how the suffragettes and their arson campaign captured the headlines.

So here’s the other story. Suffragist pilgrims walked from all corners to London: down from Carlisle, up from Land’s End. This book takes you with them, mile by mile—all for Votes for Women! Would you have taken part in 1913?

From Jill's list on The best books on women’s history that inspired me.