The Bodyguard Unit: Edith Garrud, Women's Suffrage, and Jujitsu

Xavier, Clément

 
9781728445656: The Bodyguard Unit: Edith Garrud, Women's Suffrage, and Jujitsu
ISBN 10 : 1728445655 ISBN 13 : 9781728445656
Editeur : Graphic Universe (Tm), 2023

Synopsis

Who were the jujitsuffragettes?

In the early twentieth century, women in England demanded the right to vote--and faced violent retaliation. Rather than back down, the suffragist group Women's Social and Political Union formed its own security unit. Edith Garrud, a pioneering self-defense instructor, trained them to fight back against abuse and arrest while pursuing long-overdue rights.

This graphic retelling of Garrud's life reveals the resilience and (often physical) resistance of her era's voting-rights activists. Featuring an introduction from Elsa Dorlin (Self-Defense: A Philosophy of Violence), The Bodyguard Unit explores an explosive stage of the fight for suffrage.

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À propos des auteurs

Clement Xavier is a writer based in France. In 2015, Xavier and illustrator Lisa Lugrin jointly received the prestigious Prix Révélation (Debut Prize) at the Angoulême International Comics Festival for their first French-language graphic novel, Yékini, le roi des arènes.

Lisa Lugrin is a comic book artist and author based in France. In 2015, Lugrin and Clement Xavier jointly received the prestigious Prix Révélation (Debut Prize) at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. She is co-founder of Na editions.

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Éditeur
Graphic Universe (Tm)
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1728445655
ISBN 13 
9781728445656
Reliure
Belle reliure
Illustrateur
Lugrin Lisa
Nombre de pages
136
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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