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No Surrender
No Surrender | Constance Maud
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'No Surrender' describes minor aristocrats and mill girls as they struggle together as part of the suffrage movement.
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HardcoverHearts
No Surrender | Constance Maud
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Look at what came in the mail today to make my first Monday back at work less horrible! I am sad to know that you don‘t get the bookmark with the Book Depository Persephone order. 😭

BarbaraBB They still look gorgeous and Swimming Home is so good too! 5y
HardcoverHearts I am going to try to read more of Levy‘s work this year. I have loved Hot Milk, Things I don‘t want to talk about and The Man Who Say Everything. That‘s exciting to hear that Swimming Home is good as well! 5y
LeahBergen Nope! You only get them when ordering direct from Persephone. ☹️ 5y
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andrew61
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Pickpick

#booked2019 @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage
19 soldiers story - jenny clegg is truly a soldier of the suffragette army from posting herself to 10 downing st, disrupting a church service and society meal, to the brutality of treatment in prison and force feeding. I loved this bk, written in 1911 is a picture of history told with passion as it happened. This should be on the school curriculum as seems as relevant today as then.

Reviewsbylola Love Persephone. 🥰 5y
Cinfhen 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 5y
TrishB Only 99p on kindle - just brought after your review 👍🏻 5y
andrew61 @TrishB gosh hope you enjoy it! 5y
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andrew61
No Surrender | Constance Maud
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'A soldier to the death' wrote a suffragette to Emmeline pankhurst in 1912 who herself in 1913 in a speech called herself a soldier temporarily left the field. For my autumn #booked2019 'soldiers story' i am going left field with this fascinating bk written in 1911 abt 2 suffragettes from different classes fighting for votes. V readable i can't stop turning the pages on this persephone edition.
@4thhouseontheleft @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage

Cinfhen Nice choice!! Glad you‘re “engaged” 5y
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HardcoverHearts
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There is a deal on the ebook of this title in Kindle and iBook formats. This was printed by Persephone Books, but in lieu of having the gorgeous dove cover, you can read the book for cheap. 😉

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Wilkie
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Two years before she threw herself under the king's horse at Epsom, Emily Wilding Davison reviewed No Surrender. She declared that it "breathes the very spirit of our Women's Movement". The suffragettes were the true revolutionaries of their time. We owe them so much and now more than ever we must speak up for those who are silenced. #revolution #heyjune

TrishB Great post 👍🏻 6y
charl08 Beautiful looking book, off to see if I can find a copy! 6y
Cinfhen 🙌🏻 6y
writerlibrarian Persephone books are so beautiful 6y
GypsyKat Beautiful! 💙 6y
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BooksForYears
No Surrender | Constance Maud
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#JubilantJuly Day 7 - Starts with M/N/O

Three beautiful, feminist stories (making a Woolf/Persephone Sandwich 😆):

MRS. DALLOWAY by Virginia Woolf
NO SURRENDER by Constance Maum
ORLANDO by Virginia Woolf

RealLifeReading A very delightful sandwich! 7y
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BooksForYears
No Surrender | Constance Maud
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On the eve of Election Day, here is a wrap up of the books that I read as part of my #OpenCitizen project. The books that I currently own are in the picture above. Books read, but returned to the library, include:
MARCH BOOKS 1-3 by John Lewis
MY OWN WORDS by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
THE ESSENTIAL DYKES TO WATCH OUT FOR by Alison Bechdel
FUN HOME by Alison Bechdel
GEORGE by Alex Gino

Amandajoy What was the Open Citizen Project? 8y
vivastory I don't buy graphic novels as much as non-graphic novels but March is on my to buy list. John Lewis is one of the most inspiring current US politicians. 8y
Reviewsbylola I love this idea. 8y
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BooksForYears @Amandajoy OpenCitizen was a self-imposed 4-week reading challenge that ends today. I was devoting 100% of my reading to important political topics: Feminism, diversity, LGBTQIA, and more - and tagging those posts with #OpenCitizen in honor of author Günter Grass' famous quote - "The job of a citizen is to keep his [and her] mouth open." 8y
BooksForYears @vivastory There's a gorgeous boxed set that I have on my holiday wish list 😍 8y
vivastory @BooksForYears That is the one I want. That's a perfect holiday gift idea. It sold out on Amazon right away when it first came out. 8y
SharonGoforth That's an awesome project! 8y
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BooksForYears
No Surrender | Constance Maud
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Published in 1911 at height of the women's suffrage movement in Britain, this book straddles the line between journalism & historical fiction. Many of the events (protests, imprisonment) described here actually took place & the characters are thinly-veiled versions of real people. The book suffers from poor writing, characterization, & plot but makes up for it in the searing accounts. Not a great work of fiction, but a great work.
#persephonebooks

Wilkie I have this on my #tbr shelf. Sounds fascinating. 8y
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BooksForYears
No Surrender | Constance Maud
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In 1911, Constance Maud published this novel based on real events in the fight for women's suffrage. Sadly, it's still relevant and necessary more than 100 years later; especially with the pervasive racism, sexism, and bigotry in the current political rhetoric. #OpenCitizen #PersephoneBooks

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