From July to September 15 Reviewers will be posting their reviews of my new book, Secret Missions of the Suffragettes: Glassbreakers & Safe Houses.
Picked for their love of history, these Reviewers have a mixed set of interests and expertise that you can learn as I introduce them to you.
In line with a SECRET MISSION each Reviewer will be revealed in turn a week prior to the posting of their review.
Revealed now as the 4th Reviewer is history blogger Jake Hewitt! The countdown is on until he posts his review on Thursday 1st August!!
The third Reviewer, Damesnet, have posted their review - click on the Damesnet image below.
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Damesnet have posted their review & say it "is a treasure trove of information – the code language used for communications, the aliases used by the women, & much more – and as such it is an invaluable reference book, but it is the voices of the women themselves that shine, and that we must thank Godfrey for retrieving.
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Laura says: "Godfrey has used everything at her disposal in this book, and her passion for these women shines in oodles......For anyone interested in women's rights and how the risks they took helped achieve the vote for women, this is a must -read. Hats off to Godfrey for the amount of research into the individual women and a thank you for writing it."
Researcher, writer and artist Heather Tweed says: "The book is a thoroughly immersive and satisfying mix of stories, data, photographs, maps and drawings .... It will appeal to those generally interested in the history of women’s suffrage as well as researchers and family historians..."
Jennifer has been working with community artist and illustrator Hazel East of Dashing East. They met at an art event where Jennifer was struck by Hazel’s use of pattern, colour and shape.
Jennifer’s second book, Secret Missions of the Suffragettes: Glassbreakers and Safe Houses, covers in detail the Great Militant Protest where over 250 women were arrested for smashing hundreds of windows in London. Whilst researching the book Jennifer was struck by the volume of women involved and numbers of windows smashed. Across the two nights in March 1912 these women armed with stones and toffee hammers would have lined the streets in readiness. To convey this visually Jennifer commissioned Hazel to create a map. The result was this wonderful image - using the WSPU colours purple, white and green - with window smashing locations shown by glass smashing hammers and lightning bolts.
Jennifer says,
“Working with Hazel seemed like the perfect match for me because I also love to find connections. I wanted to visually show the sheer volume of women involved. I believe this map does just that, drawing you in to look more closely at where all the glass breaking hammers and lightning bolts are. Together with my book, Secret Missions of the Suffragettes: Glassbreakers and Safe Houses, I hope that this map will bring to life many of the intertwined connections and relationships that those involved had (both before and after the protest)!"
Jennifer and Hazel are now thrilled to be working together to sell smaller versions of this map. They are £20 and available in A4 size click here to order. All profit (£10) from the sale of these maps will be donated to the Pankhurst Trust which brings together Manchester Women’s Aid and the Pankhurst Centre. They work together to ensure the powerful story of the women who won the vote continues to inspire us all to challenge gender inequality, and to ensure that those suffering from domestic violence and abuse get the confidential help they need (https://www.pankhursttrust.org/)
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