| Description |
268 pages : illustrations 24 cm |
| Summary |
"Historian Fern Riddell presents the never-before-told story of radical suffragette Kitty Marion, her sensational life, and her explosive actions"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
London 1913 -- Manchester 1913 -- To begin -- A vindication of the rights of woman -- An escape -- "What soul-satisfying exhilarations" -- Love & lies -- "Now I was awake" -- Death in ten minutes -- No surrender! -- Betrayal takes many forms -- Sex : a woman's choice -- Kitty's legacy : one hundred years later. |
| Summary |
Early twentieth century. Women in the UK and the US were fighting for the vote using any means necessary. Kitty Marion was sent on a mission by founders of the leading militant organization for women's suffrage in the UK-- to carry out a nationwide campaign of bombings and arson attacks in support of their goals. Her subsequent arrests and force-feedings while in prison put her on a path of dedicated radical activism, leading her across the ocean to New York City, where she joined Margaret Sanger in advocating for birth control. In the aftermath of World War I, the actions of militant suffragettes were disowned by the feminist movement, and erased from our history. Riddell introduces us to Marion, and other women who carried out these attacks. -- adapted from jacket |
| Subject |
Marion, Kitty.
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Women's Social and Political Union (Great Britain)
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Marion, Kitty. (OCoLC)fst01527859
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Women's Social and Political Union (Great Britain) (OCoLC)fst00599046
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Suffragists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Women -- Suffrage -- Great Britain -- History.
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1901-1936.
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Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Suffragists. (OCoLC)fst01137197
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Women -- Suffrage.
(OCoLC)fst01176996
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Riddell, Fern, author. Death in ten minutes New York : Quercus, [2019] 9781635061314 (DLC) 2019003901 |
| ISBN |
9781635061291 (hardcover) |
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1635061296 |
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9781635061307 (pbk.) |
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163506130X |
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