Did you know the Scottish suffragettes commissioned their own china? Isn’t it lovely? ‘Suffrage china’ is one of the objects covered in my new book out now from @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social. See link in bio #suffragettes #votesforwomen
Elizabeth Crawford
@womanssphere.bsky.social
Historian. Researcher and writer. In the past sold books by and about women. European. FRHistS. OBE. Website womanandhersphere.com New book - https://tinyurl.com/5cdn7dw9 (Bloomsbury) or https://amzn.eu/d/0j4JlLyR (Amazon)
I’m really delighted to report that The British Women’s Suffrage Campaign in 100 Objects has caught the eye of @blackwellbooks.bsky.social & is prominently featured in their latest Newsletter, with a few of the inside pages, such as Object 45, displayed. blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
NOW PUBLISHED – The British Women’s Suffrage Movement in 100 Objects Here's a glance at just two of the spreads from the inside my new book. And here's the cover. 320 pages, 38 colour illustrations and 63 black & white. Available in paperback, hardback and as an Ebook. Order through your favourite…
NOW PUBLISHED – The British Women’s Suffrage Movement in 100 Objects
Here's a glance at just two of the spreads from the inside my new book. And here's the cover. 320 pages, 38 colour illustrations and 63 black & white. Available in paperback, hardback and as an Ebook. Order through your favourite independent bookshop or from Bloomsbury, Blackwells, Waterstones or Amazon And it's even stocked in some bookshops...
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A glance inside The British Women’s Suffrage Campaign in 100 Objects-now pub by @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social Covers 19th & 20thc campaign,from Dublin & Orkney to the 2018 grand finale in Parliament Sq. I hope general readers as well as historians will find it diverting. #womenshistory #suffragettes
How reassuring to see the book ‘out in the wild’ - pub by @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social. I do hope you enjoy the ‘material approach’, Lisbeth…giving life to that complicated history
This arrived yesterday and I’m already engrossed. Lovely book by @womanssphere.bsky.social with an unusual angle on the women’s suffrage movement
What, you may wonder, is the connection between pics 1, 2 and 3 and Object # 1 in The British Women’s Suffrage Campaign in 100 Objects? Luck certainly had something to do with it. #womenshistory #suffragettes #suffrageobject #votesforwomen
Publication day today. And here are 2 more lovely comments from early readers. I’m so grateful to them for their interest. Btw this seems a rather good deal on the p/b from you-know-who amzn.eu/d/0do1hf11
I am pleased - and relieved - to have approval for my new book from two workers who delve daily at the suffrage coalface. For details of the book - pub tomorrow by @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social - see link in bio
Never forget the 19th-c suffrage campaigners who laid the foundation for eventual success. Over 60+ years, the campaign took many forms, leaving in its wake 1000s of objects. I take 100 to tell the story. The end is near- pub tomorrow - see link in bio #womenshistory #suffragettes #votesforwomen
These are just two of the lovely comments from my early readers. I’m so gratified by their appreciation of my new book - to be published by @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social on Thursday - see link in bio
My new book narrates the history of the suffrage movt from 1866-1928 thro’ objects relating to the campaign in Scotland, Ireland & Wales, as well as England. Pub on Thursday - see link in bio. [Pics credit Women’s Library@LSE] #womenshistory #suffrageobject #votesforwomen #suffragettes
Yes, today’s ’suffrage objects’ are a few of the games that owe their existence to the suffrage movement. Some created by the activists, some by commercial manufacturers, perhaps the bonhomie generated did convert some ‘anti’s to the Cause #womenshistory #suffragettes #suffrageobject #votesforwomen
Spectacular processions were staged by both the suffragettes & suffragists - in London & beyond - admired by press & public & enjoyed by the participants. #suffrageobjects such as banners, sashes & other items of ‘regalia’ survive in museums & still appear at auction. For my new book see link in bio
I’m delighted to see that the current issue of Antiques Trade Gazette features an article on my new book - published on 23 July. For details see link in bio #votesforwomen
These postcards (plus one), appearing as a reel on my Instagram account, have clearly hit a nerve. I’ve never before had so many views - c. 1.5k. Tho’ I doubt the viewers are book buyers, they seem to appreciate the message. Find me on Insta @elizabeth.crawford2017
The idea of a voter as male was so firmly fixed that postcard publishers had great fun with the prospect of ‘the world tuned upside down’ if the suffrage campaign succeeded. Such postcards are ‘suffrage objects’-see my book pub @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social #womenshistory #suffragettes #votesforwomen
The idea of a voter as male was so firmly fixed that postcard publishers had great fun with the prospect of ‘the world tuned upside down’ if the suffrage campaign succeeded. Such postcards are ‘suffrage objects’-see my book pub @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social #womenshistory #suffragettes #votesforwomen
Dancing was one of the more enjoyable ways of raising funds. Just think of the 1000s of bazaars, jumble sales & meetings held by suffrage activists -their existence attested by the many flyers surviving as ‘suffrage objects’ For my book see link in bio #suffragettes #suffrageobject #votesforwomen
Amused to see that my new book - to be published by @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social next week - 23 July - is today #1 in Amazon’s list of ‘Hot New Releases in Women’s History’. A large pinch of salt is taken for granted - but there it is. For today. amzn.eu/d/0cCZTzUL #votesforwomen
Photographs are powerful ‘suffrage objects’. I consider the intention behind the creation of such objects in my new book, pub @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social 23 July -link in bio. Pics credit Women’s Library@LSE #womenshistory #suffragettes #suffrageobject #votesforwomen
Women’s dress changed dramatically during the suffrage campaign- 1866-1928 - especially btw c 1908 and 1914-pics 2 & 3. ‘Dress’ is a ‘suffrage object’ discussed in my new book from @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social -see link in bio. Thanks Women’s Library@LSE for 1 & 2. #suffrageobject #votesforwomen
New methods of travel- spreading the #votesforwomen message far & wide-were seized by both constitutional and militant suffrage campaigners. All covered in my new book, pub 23 July by @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social -see link in bio. Thanks to Women’s Library @ LSE for pics #suffragettes #womenshistory
Good news for ebook readers. If you’re seeking weekend entertainment, I’ve discovered the ebook version of my new book is available instantly from @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/uk/british-w... or Amazon amzn.eu/d/04GTCX30 Print ed to be pub 23 July #votesforwomen #suffragehistory
Members of the government, particularly PM Asquith, as well as members of the Anti-suffrage soc,were the targets of the wrath and scorn of suffrage campaigners. See my new book, pub 23 July by @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social For details see link in bio. #womenshistory #suffragettes #suffrageobject #
Millicent Fawcett campaigned for women’s rights from 1866 ‘til her death in 1929, her work continued by @fawcettsociety.bsky.social. You can read @ her suffrage campaigning thro’ objects associated with her in my new book, pub 23 July by @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social
‘Dare to be Free’ was the rallying cry of the Women’s Freedom League. A suffrage society responsible for one of the most recent ‘suffrage objects’, the Blue Plaque I & the younger generation unveiled. More suffrage objects in my new book, pub by @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social 23 July - see link in bio
Yes, a hot air balloon was a ‘suffrage object’ - in which Muriel Matters sailed over London, dropping ‘Votes for Women’ leaflets as she went. For more suffrage objects see my new book, pub 23 July by @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social #womenshistory #suffragehistory
#OTD 1926 centenary of the final suffrage rally - to demand Equal Political Rights. Both Mrs Fawcett and Mrs Pankhurst walked with the procession in Hyde Park. Quite a contrast to the pre-war processions - in all manner of style. Do pre-order my new book, pub 23 July by @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social
#OTD 1928 all women became eligible to vote on the same terms as men. Beginning in 1866, the campaign had many byways. I take 100 objects to act as signposts & direct the narrative in my new book. Pub 23 July by @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social see link in bio #womenshistory
Published today by @deanstreet.bsky.social - 4 Dorothy Lambert novels, for which I wrote the Introductions. Thoroughly #furrowedmiddlebrow. spanning the years before, during & just after WW2, when the author was living on the outskirts of Dover. She’d love the new covers she’s been given…as do I
There were suffrage songs for every taste and occasion. Suffrage song sheets are Suffrage Objects - as discussed in my new book - to be pub by @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social on 23 July. For details see link in bio