While there had been petitions and discussions of the subject throughout the Victorian era, by the beginning of the twentieth century it was time for stronger action.

Centralised organisations formed behind Millicent Fawcett and Emmeline Pankhurst. Protest, marches, civil disobedience and arrests followed as the campaign gained momentum. Women chained themselves to railings, smashed windows, committed arson, and Emily Davison died under the hooves of the king’s horse on Derby Day 1913. The turning point was the First World War. The suffragettes declared an immediate truce when war was announced and their efforts went into this new cause. At the end of the war, women over the age of thirty were granted the vote, and ten years later women were given the right to vote on the same terms as men.

• ‘A fascinating overview of the women’s suffrage movement, told through suffragettes’ personal experiences … This accessible introduction will encourage readers to learn more about the courageous, complicated women involved.’ BBC WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?

• Published to coincide with the centenary of the First World War, which was the turning point for the women’s suffrage movement: at the beginning of the war they declared an immediate truce and helped the war effort and at the end of the war women over the age of thirty were granted the right to vote.

• History of the suffrage movement in Britain from its origins in the Victorian era, through its most active years in the early twentieth century, to eventual victory after the end of the First World War.

• Well illustrated with contemporary photographs and ephemera.

• Full of the voices of the women who made a stand and fought for what they believed in.

• Reviews in the national press to include The Times and the Independent

• Author to appear on Women’s Hour

• The perfect book to stock at museums with a connection to women’s history and a perfect additional angle for the media on the current high-profile subject of the First World War