The Bodyguard Unit: Edith Garrud, Women's Suffrage, and Jujitsu
Author(s): Clement Xavier
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.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Lerner Publishing Group
- : Graphic Universe - Lerner Publishing Group
- : 0.439985
- : 01 October 2023
- : .34 Inches X 8.25 Inches X 10.25 Inches
- : books
Special Fields
- : Clement Xavier
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 136
- : YFW