COMING SOON
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On August 4th, 1913, flames lit up the sky over a Devon mansion. The papers were filled with speculation that suffragettes were to blame. Truth or fiction?
This fascinating story tells of Devon women faced with a choice: were they for or against Votes for Women? if for, should they support the law-abiding Suffragists or the militant Suffragettes? Together they held MPs to account, joined mass rallies in London, defied the government, endured the indignity and agony of imprisonment as common criminals … and joined the biggest sleepover the region has ever known. Reason or Rebellion? extends the story covered in Breaking The Mould to include women's fight for the vote right across Devon. Events also start earlier with the campaigning that swept the region in the 1870s. Clovelly - Suffragettes ambush the Prime Minister Plymouth - Arson in Devonport Newton Abbot - Braving mob rule Lands End to London - Women walk for the vote Exeter - First prison hunger strikers Lynton - Explosive events hit the headlines SIdmouth - the Anti's fight back Ilfracombe - an island of militancy |
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Amazon 5 star Review for Breaking The Mould, Pamela's first book on the Suffragette Story in North Devon
A valuable and fascinating contribution to our understanding of the women's movement.
This exploration of the campaign for women's suffrage in North Devon is a well written and carefully researched account. Although the national picture has been explored before, by focusing down on a specific geographical area and one that was away from the main centers of population, a whole new perspective is given to this topic. The work of the activists in the south-west is clearly set against the wider national context. I thought that the case study, describing the unfolding involvement of Marie Newby, whose story is interspersed between the general narrative, was particularly effective. The fact that I read this in the same way as I would a novel is indicative of its readability. Pamela Vass' detailed investigation into the regional manifestation of a national phenomenon is a valuable and fascinating contribution to our understanding of the women's movement.
A valuable and fascinating contribution to our understanding of the women's movement.
This exploration of the campaign for women's suffrage in North Devon is a well written and carefully researched account. Although the national picture has been explored before, by focusing down on a specific geographical area and one that was away from the main centers of population, a whole new perspective is given to this topic. The work of the activists in the south-west is clearly set against the wider national context. I thought that the case study, describing the unfolding involvement of Marie Newby, whose story is interspersed between the general narrative, was particularly effective. The fact that I read this in the same way as I would a novel is indicative of its readability. Pamela Vass' detailed investigation into the regional manifestation of a national phenomenon is a valuable and fascinating contribution to our understanding of the women's movement.