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A Telegraph Book of 2018
An Observer Pick of 2018
A New Statesman Book of 2018
A definitive history and anarchic celebration of the fight for women's right to vote; 'A huge achievement' Rachel Cooke, Observer
'Glorious' Sunday Times
'A definitive history of the suffragettes' The Times
'Magisterial' Telegraph
Between…
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1 author picked Rise Up, Women! The Remarkable Lives of the Suffragettes as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book takes you inside the tactics of the British Suffragettes in such vivid detail that I had to wonder what role I would have played on that issue, time, and place? The question is real for me as the movement began in Manchester, where I was born, and it is highly likely that some of the activists are distantly related.
The details of the risks taken by thousands of women, the suffering endured in prolonged hunger strikes, and deaths in protests are breathtaking and inspiring for any activists facing political and judicial oppression today. I certainly would have worked…
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