Goodreads feminist reviews - Suffragettes: The Fight for Votes of Women (Joyce Marlow)

5/5. Goodreads review here.

This is a really well-organized and researched book about women's suffrage in Britain from the Victorian times to 1928, when women were finally enfranchised. An anthology which compiles and draws on actual material from the times, it includes excerpts from letters, journals, newspapers, diaries and official documents, as well as sometimes also quoting from other books written about the events. It's organized in a way that I found really engaging and informative, showing the voices of many different women (male suffragists and allies also make an appearance) with different backgrounds and classes, motivations and mindsets. The book also shows the contrasting views of the Antis, not at all dissimilar from our modern MRAs, sexist dudebros and complicit anti-feminist women (no surprises there, we haven't come *that* far). The added notes and appendices by author Joyce Marlow are a plus for this great anthology, organizing all sources in a clear and entertaining way, with dates, names, places and events being easily put into context.

I totally recommend this book to everyone who's interested in the suffrage movement in Britain and would like to know more, especially because of the fresh and informative view that comes with an anthology with so many original, unedited and unquoted source material. Reading all those original sources was definitely a highlight for me, easily making this one of my fave feminist books. I loved delving deeper and learning more about the timeline and events of the suffrage struggle. Kudos to all those brave women!

I liked this book so much I screenshot excerpts from each chapter and began posting them in Instagram story format, including reactions and/or snarky commentary :D xD Still at it on Instagram (@martaluthien, you can find the story highlight here), and will be posting the stories here as well :)