101 Things You Need to Know About Suffragettes. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: One hundred one things you need to know abouth suffragettes
• Further Information: Note: Maggie Andrews & Janis Lomas.
• Authors: Andrews, Maggie; Lomas, Janis
• Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Female Suffrage Campaigners Were Killed at the Peterloo Massacre; Women Were Not Technically Barred from Voting Until 1832; The First Ever Women's Suffrage Committee was Inspired by a Walking Tour; Some Women Actually Voted as Early as 1867; Mrs Fawcett Became a Suffrage Campaigner after she was Robbed; Millicent Garrett Fawcett Led the Investigation into Boer Concentration Camps; One of the First Bills for Women's Suffrage was Written by Emmeline Pankhurst's Husband; The Suffragettes Began their Fight in Manchester Suffragettes Sold their Jewellery to Raise FundsEmmeline Pankhurst Starred in a Movie; Christabel Pankhurst was Arrested Outside a Talk by Winston Churchill; Winston Churchill was Nearly Killed by Suffragettes at a Railway Station; Two Suffragettes had Themselves Posted to the Prime Minister; Suffragettes Invaded Parliament more than Eighty Times; Suffragettes Produced a Cook Book; Suffrage Rallies Were Picketed by the Anti-Suffragists; Suffragettes Barricaded Themselves into Houses to Avoid Paying Tax; University Graduates Petitioned for the Right to Vote on the Grounds of Intelligence Suffragettes Were Often Temperance Campaigners Too'Baby' Suffragettes Were as Young as Eleven; Suffragettes Were Leaders in the Animal-Rights Movement; Suffragettes Had Their Own Board Games; The Magazine Votes for Women was Sold in Whsmith; Many Suffragettes were Concerned about their Appearance; Suffragettes once Whitewashed a Horse for a Pageant; Suffragettes put Padding Under Their Clothes to Protect Themselves from Police Brutality; Suffragette Vehicles Included a Protest Caravan; The First Female Chauffeur in Britain was a Suffragette; The WSPU had their Own Chain of Shops Some Suffragettes were Graffiti ArtistsEmmeline Pankhurst is Rumoured to have had Lesbian Affairs; The First Woman to Marry without Promising to Obey was a Suffragette; Some MPS Claimed Women did not want the Vote; Suffragettes Used Acid in their Attacks; Men Stood for Parliament as Suffrage Candidates; One Suffragette Leader Started her Career as a Romantic Novelist; Suffragette Property Seized by the Police Included Royal Diamonds; Gandhi Supported Votes for Women; Suffragettes Made Mass Runs on Parliament; Emily Wilding Davison was not the First woman to Die for the Cause Suffragettes Staged Sex-Strike Comedies and other Feminist TheatreNot all Suffragettes were Able-Bodied; Suffragettes Boycotted the 1911 Census; The WSPU were Banned from the Royal Albert Hall; Many Suffragettes were Keen Cyclists; Suffragettes had their own Medals; Suffragette 'Crimes' Included Failing to License a Dead Dog; Suffragettes Rented the House Behind Holloway Prison; Suffragette Prisoners had no Underwear; Some Husbands paid Suffragettes' Fines so they could come Home and do the Housework; The Prison Force-Feeding teams were Led by Doctors
• Publisher Details: Gloucestershire : The History Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 305.4/0973; Suffragists -- Great Britain -- History; Women -- Suffrage -- Great Britain -- History; Suffragettes -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire; Femmes -- Suffrage -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies; Suffragists; Women -- Suffrage; Great Britain; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780750988858; 0750988851
• Related ISBNs: 9780750988841
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF file page (EBSCO, viewed June 27, 2018).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.