{"product_id":"9781408844052","title":"Rise Up Women!: The Remarkable Lives of the Suffragettes","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTelegraph \u003c\/i\u003eBook of 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e Pick of 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman \u003c\/i\u003eBook of 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA definitive history and anarchic celebration of the fight for women’s right to vote; ‘A huge achievement’ Rachel Cooke, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Glorious’ \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A definitive history of the suffragettes’ \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Magisterial’ \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween the death of Queen Victoria and the outbreak of the First World War, while the patriarchs of the Liberal and Tory parties vied for supremacy in parliament, the campaign for women''s suffrage was fought with flair and imagination in the public arena. From their marches on Parliament and 10 Downing Street, to the selling of their paper,\u003ci\u003e Votes for Women\u003c\/i\u003e, through to the more militant activities of the Women''s Social and Political Union, whose slogan ''Deeds Not Words!'' resided over bombed pillar-boxes, acts of arson and the slashing of great works of art, the women who participated in the movement endured police brutality, assault, imprisonment and force-feeding, all in the relentless pursuit of one goal: the right to vote.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A hundred years on, Diane Atkinson celebrates the lives of the women who answered the call to ''Rise Up''; a richly diverse group of actresses and mill-workers, teachers and doctors, bootmakers and sweated workers. Meticulously researched, vividly rendered and definitive, \u003ci\u003eRise Up, Women! \u003c\/i\u003ebrings these women to life in a stirring celebration of their grace, resilience and determination that changed the world forever.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43050396811325,"sku":"9781408844052","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781408844052_p0.jpg?v=1774057218","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781408844052","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}