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Something A Little Different: Reviving Elizabeth Fair
Last autumn, under the title, Something A Little Different: Furrowed Middlebrow Books , I wrote about a commission I had been given to write forewords to several novels by Rachel Ferguson and Winifred...
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Suffrage Stories: House Decorating and Suffrage: Annie Atherton, Kate...
In Suffrage Stories: ‘Home Art Decorator’ To The Queen – And The ‘Human Letter’ – I told the story of Charlotte Robinson, her sister, Epsey McClelland, and her niece, Elspeth McClelland. I have now...
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La Bella Libertà: English Women Writers and Italy
A curious incident that occurred – or, rather, didn’t occur – a couple of days ago reminded me of a past link I effected between Persephone Books and English women writing about Italy. For, many years...
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Books And Ephemera For Sale: Catalogue 195
#137 from Catalogue 195 CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO ACCESS MY LATEST CATALOGUE Cat 195 NB MY NEW EMAIL ADDRESS: elizabeth.crawford2017@outlook.com #537 from Catalogue 195
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Suffrage Stories: ‘Everywhere in Chains’: Why And Where?
A suffragette, a chain, railings. What does it mean? Having had occasion recently to study this photograph, I felt compelled to attempt to deconstruct its meaning. Why should a young woman, chained to...
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‘Hunger Striking For The Vote’: An Afterword to ‘There Are Five Ways Out Of...
PROTEST: STORIES OF RESISTANCE PUBLISHED TODAY – 6 JULY 2017 A few months ago I was pleased to be asked by Comma Press to provide an Afterword to a short story by Michelle Green to be published in...
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Suffrage Stories: Black And Minority Ethnic Women: Is There A ‘Hidden History’?
Sarah Parker Remond c. 1865 (Courtesy Peabody Essex Museum Collection) When the film ‘The Suffragette’ was released in 2015 there was a minor furore over the fact that no black and minority ethnic...
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Suffrage Stories: ‘Bring Manchester’s Suffragette Banner Home’
Manchester WSPU Banner, c. 1908 A couple of months ago I was astounded to spot the appearance of this banner in the catalogue of a Leeds auction house. It seemed impossible that such an important item...
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Suffrage Stories: Manchester’s Banner Comes Home
Manchester WSPU Banner, c. 1908 A couple of months ago I was astounded to spot the appearance of this banner in the catalogue of a Leeds auction house. It seemed impossible that such an important item...
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Suffrage Stories: The Fabian Stained Glass Panel And Its Suffrage Connections
Fabian stained glass panel, by Caroline Townsend, 1911 When I gave a keynote talk -‘ Surrounded by Suffrage: Situating Shaw, Wells and the LSE in Suffrage Sites’ – at the joint H.G. Wells Society/Shaw...
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The Garretts And Their Circle: More Radio/TV Exposure for Elizabeth Garrett...
This weekend – 6-8 October 2017, Aldeburgh has been commemorating the life of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson. For the occasion I recorded a radio interview that you can listen to here and a clip from a...
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Books And Ephemera For Sale: Catalogue 196
Woman and her Sphere Catalogue 196 #103 Elizabeth Crawford 5 Owen’s Row London EC1V 4NP elizabeth.crawford2017@outlook.com Index to Catalogue Suffrage Non-fiction: Items 1-8 Suffrage Biography: Items...
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The Garretts And Their Circle: What Should The Practical Medical Student Wear?
Millais: ‘Trust Me’ As she embarked on her novel medical career Elizabeth Garrett gave some thought as to how she should dress. In September 1860, while working as a nurse at the Middlesex Hospital,...
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NOW PUBLISHED: ART AND SUFFRAGE: A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF SUFFRAGE ARTISTS
NOW PUBLISHED Art and Suffrage: a biographical dictionary of suffrage artists discusses the lives and work of over 100 artists, each of whom made a positive contribution to the women’s suffrage...
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Suffrage Stories: Celebrating The Centenary Of The Representation Of The...
Well, 6 February 2018 was well and truly celebrated. I’m not sure if I ever remember the media getting behind another political anniversary with such verve – the coverage was akin to that of a royal...
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Suffrage Stories: ‘Silk, Satin and Suffrage’ And Digital Drama’s ‘100...
To commemorate the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918, 100 Banners are being created by communities across London to feature in various events in the capital to mark the anniversary...
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Suffrage Stories: The Royal Mail’s Special ‘Votes for Women’ Stamp Issue
For those of you who might be interested in stamp collecting – I’ll just mention that I was commissioned to write the material that accompanies the Royal Mail’s Special ‘Votes for Women’ Stamps –...
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An alert to all those interested in suffrage history. Now available on iPlayer – a brand-new, hour-long programme based around the invaluable recordings made in the 1970s by Professor Sir Brian...
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Suffrage Stories: Kate Frye On BBC Three Counties Radio
BBC Three Counties Radio have broadcast an hour-long programme about the suffrage campaign – suffragist and suffragette – in the area that they cover. Kate Frye, who lived at Bourne End, was selected...
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Suffrage Stories: Ethel Moorhead, Militancy, and Modernism
Ethel Moorhead Ethel Moorhead is one of my favourite militant suffragettes. Not on account of the reality of her campaign of damage and arson,which was extensive, but because of the way she later wrote...
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