The Suffragette Bombers: Britain's Forgotten Terrorists
Book by Simon Webb (Author)
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ASIN : B00OZ3HUVA Publisher : Pen & Sword History (July 2, 2014) Publication date : July 2, 2014 Language : English File size : 9541 KB Text-to-Speech : Enabled Screen Reader : Supported Enhanced typesetting : Enabled , In the years leading up to the First World War, the United Kingdom was subjected to a ferocious campaign of bombing and arson. Those conducting this terrorist offensive were members of the Women's Social and Political Union; better known as the suffragettes. The targets for their attacks ranged from St Paul's Cathedral and the Bank of England in London to theatres and churches in Ireland. The violence, which included several attempted assassinations, culminated in June 1914 with an explosion in Westminster Abbey.Simon Webb explores the way in which the suffragette bombers have been airbrushed from history, leaving us with a distorted view of the struggle for female suffrage. Not only were the suffragettes far more aggressive than is generally known, but there exists the very real and surprising possibility that their militant activities actually delayed, rather than hastened, the granting of the parliamentary vote to British women. Read more
REVIEW
Extraordinary book on a topic that tends to be glossed over in most histories. The author makes his case that the Suffragettes should not be remembered as the women who secured the right to vote for womankind but should be remembered as the architects and agents of the first terrorist campaign in Britain and he proves his point with an extensive bibliography. I would love to see the author write more on the myths associated with gender relations prior to the modern age because it is so difficult to get another side to the story today. Pick up this book and make it a part of your library you will not be disappointed.
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