![]() ![]() It turns out I only knew half of it votes were only part of the matter. I thought I knew about suffragettes, I thought I had fully understood why it is so important that I use my vote, I thought I had understood exactly what those women had been fighting for and against. ![]() The realities of women’s suffrage, which have been captured by Constance Maud in her 1911 novel, were quite an eye opener for me. It left me wondering why there are so few suffragette novels written at the time the movement was in full swing. No Surrender then does seem to be a remarkable novel, not only for the story it tells – and that really is remarkable, but also as a brilliant piece of social history. ![]() William: an Englishman by Cicely Hamilton Persephone book number one also has a suffragette as a central character but that novel concerns itself with war rather than suffrage. No Surrender is one of a surprisingly few suffragette novels, it is I am sure the only novel I have read from this time that centres wholly on women’s suffrage. ![]()
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