the princess and the suffragette by holly webb

She and her mother are Quakers and align with the anti-violence suffragists. The young woman with the handbill is May. Her recruitment has begun, and she becomes the only one of the three main characters to go to prison and undertake a hunger strike. When she stops to listen to a Suffragette speaking from an orange crate in the street, a young woman thrusts a handbill at her. This use of three characters allows a wide range of views to be presented.Įvelyn comes from a wealthy family but is increasingly frustrated by the restrictions on her life compared to that of her older brother. Things a bright girl can do follows three young women from 1914 to the end of the First World War and the extension of suffrage to some women (not including our heroines) in 1918. Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls Find it in our Fiction for Younger Women section – look for the books with a white sticker on the spine. An added bonus is the beautiful cover which has been illustrated inside and out to look like embroidery in the suffragette colours of white, purple and green. Until we win is published by Barrington Stoke, a company which specialises in accessible, dyslexia-friendly literature for young people. It leads her to jail and a hunger strike, but once war arrives she finds she has another decision to make.

At 17 she is working as an insurance clerk, because her parents say it’s is a cut above being a factory girl or a maid, but her life changes when she meets Julia and Elsie whose passion for the Suffragette cause lights a spark in her heart. Lizzy Frost will never forget 1914 – the year war broke out and she became a suffragette.

Here are three novels for children and teens which introduce the subject in an interesting and exciting way. With the centenary of the first women getting the vote coming up in 2018, now is a great time to be learning more about the Suffragettes.

The princess and the suffragette by holly webb