![]() ![]() The conversational tone of her book is welcome in the midst of a reactive 24/7 news cycle. * Mary Evans, Emeritus Leverhulme Professor, LSE * Amusing, inspiring and disturbing. An exciting and engaging account of an essential part of British history. The various, and often different, ideas of Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters are fully represented and through that readers are invited to consider the many issues and campaigns that feminism has fought and continues to fight. Literally words that make me want to get up and go do deeds, thinking all along the way! * Rachel Holmes * Helen Pankhurst lives up to the hopes and expectations of her family name. ![]() * Emma Barnett * Conversational, analytical, big-picture sweep of history, directional and - most importantly - wholly accessible. Helen Pankhurst leaves very few stones unturned in this forensic look at the last 100 years of women's history. But its more important job is to shine a light on how far we have yet to go. ![]() Deeds not Words is for anyone who wants to know how far women have come in the long cold march to equality - by the great grand-daughter of one of our finest leaders. ![]()
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