Description
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.
Author: Clément Xavier
Publisher: Graphic Universe (Tm)
Published: 08/01/2023
Pages: 136
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.60h x 8.30w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9798765607473
ISBN10: 8765607473
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Historical
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical | Europe
- Young Adult Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Martial Arts