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Death in Ten Minutes
Death in Ten Minutes: Kitty Marion: Activist. Arsonist. Suffragette. | Fern Riddell
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'Fierce, fresh and feminist, Fern Riddell tells the story of Suffragette Kitty Marion in a way that fizzes and shocks. Exciting, twisty and very very timely.' Lucy Worsley In Death in Ten Minutes Fern Riddell uncovers the story of radical suffragette Kitty Marion, told through never before seen personal diaries in Kitty's own hand. Kitty Marion was sent across the country by the Pankhurst family to carry out a nationwide campaign of bombings and arson attacks, as women fought for the vote using any means necessary. But in the aftermath of World War One, the dangerous and revolutionary actions of Kitty and other militant suffragettes were quickly hushed up and disowned by the previously proud movement, and the women who carried out these attacks were erased from our history. Now, for the first time, their untold story will be brought back to life. Telling a new history of the women's movement in the light of new and often shocking revelations, this book will ask the question: Why has the life of this incredible woman, and the violence of the suffragettes been forgotten? And, one hundred years later, why are women suddenly finding themselves under threat again?
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i.z.booknook
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This was a brilliant book about a lesser known suffragette called Kitty Marion. She was one of the most violent suffragettes; blowing up buildings, trains and homes. She was force fed in prison more than any other suffragette; 232 times in 4 months. And after having to leave the UK at the start of WWI because she was born in Germany, in America she became a key campaigner for sex education and contraception. This book also goes into why 👇🏻

i.z.booknook We haven‘t heard much about Kitty Marion and the cover up after the suffragette movement to not portray these women as violent or sex positive. It‘s so nice her story is now being told. Apart from a few grammatical errors I really loved reading this! Highly recommend reading her story! 4y
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charl08
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Hard consequences to joining the militant suffragettes. If you've never read anything about the campaign in Britain, this is an accessible place to start.

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charl08
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More from the current wave of new books about the campaign for vote.

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KatWDV
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So excited to read this!!!

charl08 Ooh, sounds good! 7y
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