My Story: Suffragette (centenary edition)
Carol Drinkwater
Subjects
- History Time - blasts from the past
- History Time - blasts from the past
Average rating
It’s 1909. Dollie is swept up in the thrill of the campaign for Votes
for Women. Against her guardian’s wishes, she marches against
Parliament with Emmeline Pankhurst and fellow suffragettes. Things
turn violent, women are imprisoned and endanger their lives with
hunger strikes. Dollie must decide how far she will go for ‘Deeds,
not words’…
Reviews
A true and amazing story. Find typo in book though.
Anonymous 26.03.2018
Star Reviewer
I like how this book shows the struggles of women before they won the right to vote. I think having Dollie go to prison was a very interesting plot twist as she seemed very focused on her studies, at first.
Senorita Amazonia Pineapple 31.07.2024
This book was a bit scary because lots of it was based on things like other suffragettes/suffragists being put in prison and most of them chose to go on hunger-strike and were force-fed.Dollie Baxton lives with the suffragist Flora Bonnington and after learning a bit about it Dollie joined in with the breaking window act.She is only put in prison at the end of the book and that is for TWO MONTHS and she's only fifteen!!!She is force-fed like all of the other women and to me it is a wonder she survived!I recommend it to anyone that is 8+.
Fairy Blossom Sherbet 31.08.2020
I love this book. It is educational and gripping.
Anonymous 12.08.2020
Love it!
Duchess Orchid Endeavour 11.07.2020
This is a very powerful story based on the real hard life of a suffragette. In this particular story the young suffragettes name is Dolly. At the start of the book Dolly faces some sad times with losing her carer but the sad times get happier and much harder as she becomes a suffragette. I recommend this book for older readers probably 9+.
Anonymous 12.08.2019
