The Bodyguard Unit: Edith Garrud, Women's Suffrage, and Jujitsu Xavier Clment
The Bodyguard Unit: Edith Garrud, Women's Suffrage, and Jujitsu Xavier Clment In the early 20th century, women in England were demanding the right to vote--and often faced violent retaliation.…
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The Bodyguard Unit: Edith Garrud, Women's Suffrage, and Jujitsu Xavier Clment
In the early 20th century, women in England were demanding the right to vote--and often faced violent retaliation. Activist leader Emmeline Pankhurst asked Edith Garrud to train them. Rather than back down, the suffragist group the Women's Social and Political Union formed an all-women security unit.
This graphic retelling of Garrud's life reveals the resilience and (sometimes physical) resistance of her era's voting-rights These "jujitsuffragettes" fought against abuse and arrest while pursuing long overdue rights.Edith Garrud was a pioneering instructor of women's self-defense and a pivotal figure in British women's suffrage.