The Bodyguard Unit: Edith Garrud, Women's Suffrage, and Jujitsu -- Clément Xavier, Paperback

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.

Author: Clément Xavier
Publisher: Graphic Universe (Tm)
Published: 08/01/2023
Pages: 136
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.60h x 8.30w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9798765607473
Age Range: 13-18

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 07/01/2023 pg. 42