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    Votes For Women!: The Pioneers and Heroines of Female Suffrage (from the pages of A History of Britain in 21 Women)
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    Votes For Women!: The Pioneers and Heroines of Female Suffrage (from the pages of A History of Britain in 21 Women)

    By Erich Segal

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    Mary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Millicent Fawcett, Emmeline Pankhurst, Constance Markievicz, Nancy Astor

    They terrorised the establishment.

    They fought for the vote.

    They pushed back boundaries and revolutionised our world.

    For the hundredth anniversary of the historic moment the franchise was finally extended to women, here is a selection of suffragette and suffragist activists and pioneering MPs from the pages of Jenni Murray’s bestselling A History of Britain in 21 Women. Set against the backdrop of a world where equality is still to be achieved, it is a vital reminder of the great women who fought for change.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOneworld Publications
    Release dateFeb 5, 2018
    ISBN9781786074768
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    Votes For Women!: The Pioneers and Heroines of Female Suffrage (from the pages of A History of Britain in 21 Women)
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    Erich Segal

    Erich Segal was an American author, screenwriter, and classics professor. His first three books, Love Story, Oliver's Story, and Man, Woman and Child, were all international bestsellers that became blockbuster films. Segal received numerous awards and honors including a Golden Globe for his screenplay to Love Story as well as the Legion d'Honneur from the French government. He died in London in 2010.

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