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Suffragette Planners and Plotters - The Pankhurst/Pethick-Lawrence Story (Paperback)
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Suffragette Planners and Plotters - The Pankhurst/Pethick-Lawrence Story (Paperback)
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Emmeline and Frederick Pethick-Lawrence were an extraordinary
couple and theirs is an extraordinary political and personal story.
Emmeline was treasurer of Mrs Pankhurst's militant Women's Social
and Political Union. Fred was the only man to achieve leadership
status in the organization. Without their wealth, determination and
skills we might never have heard of the 'suffragettes'. Emmeline
was always at Mrs Pankhurst's side whilst Fred was the 'Godfather'
who stood bail for a thousand women. Both were imprisoned and
force-fed. They provided the militant movement with its colours,
its home, and much of its vision, and it was their associates who
initiated the hunger strike and who brought force-feeding to
national attention. But in 1912 the couple were dramatically ousted
from the organisation by the Pankhursts in a move that has often
been misrepresented. This book is a portrait of the couple and
their relationship with the Pankhursts, and of their inspirational
fight, not just for the vote for women, but for freedom and
equality across the world. The Pethick-Lawrences were once as well
known as the Pankhursts. But they have been neglected by history.
This is the first book to give the Pethick-Lawrences the
recognition that their part in the fight for the vote deserves,
shedding new light on the development of the militant campaign. It
is also the first to address in detail the complexities of the
dramatic split with the Pankhursts which has been misunderstood for
a hundred years.
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