Diane Atkinson
Author
Publisher
Pegasus
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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World War I - Women's Experience
World War I Collection Spotlight - Biography and Memoir
World War I Collection Spotlight - Medicine
World War I Collection Spotlight - Biography and Memoir
World War I Collection Spotlight - Medicine
Description
When they met at a motorcycle club in 1912, Elsie Knocker was a 30-year-old motorcycling divorcee dressed in leathers, & Mairi Chisolm was a brilliant 18-year-old mechanic, living at home borrowing tools from her brother. Little did they know, theirs was to become one of the most extraordinary stories of the First World War.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
"Between 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 great flair and imagination in the public arena. Led by Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters Christabel and Sylvia, the suffragettes and their actions would come to define protest movements for generations to come. From their marches on...
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