Rise Up Women! by Diane Atkinson Summary
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Discover the forgotten warriors who shaped modern feminism. "Rise Up, Women!" chronicles the suffragettes' militant tactics and brutal imprisonments that won women the vote. Endorsed by MP Harriet Harman as "a handbook for today's feminists" - how would you have fared in their revolution?
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When Ordinary Women Became Revolutionaries
On a cold Manchester evening in 1903, a group of women gathered in a modest terraced house at 62 Nelson Street. They had no army, no treasury, no political power. What they did have was fury-a burning frustration with decades of polite petitioning that had achieved nothing. That night, Emmeline Pankhurst and her small circle founded the Women's Social and Political Union with a motto that would shake the British establishment to its core: "Deeds, not words." Within a decade, these women would be force-fed through tubes, imprisoned, beaten by police, and reviled by much of society. Some would die for their cause. Yet they persisted, creating what became one of history's most audacious political movements. Their story isn't just about winning the vote-it's about what happens when patience runs out and ordinary people decide they'd rather risk everything than accept injustice for one more day.
Seven Decades of Failure and the Breaking Point
The Birth of Militant Tactics and Spectacle
The Personal Becomes Political
Black Friday and the Death of Compromise
Escalation, Torture, and War
The Revolution They Left Behind
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