Who were the jujitsuffragettes?In the early twentieth century, women in England demanded the right to vote-and faced violent retaliation. Rather than back down, the suffragist group Women''s Social and Political Union formed its own security unit. Edith Garrud, a pioneering self-defense instructor, trained them to fight back against abuse and arrest while pursuing long-overdue rights. This graphic retelling of Garrud''s life reveals the resilience and (often physical) resistance of her era''s voting-rights activists. Featuring an introduction from Elsa Dorlin (Self-Defense: A Philosophy of Violence), The Bodyguard Unit explores an explosive stage of the fight for suffrage.
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US School Grade: From Eighth Grade to Twelfth Grade, Reading Age: From 12 to 13 years, Interest Age: From 13 to 18 years
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978-1-7284-9498-2 (9781728494982)
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