Deeds Not Words by Helen Pankhurst - ISBN: 9781473646872
Paperback
Centuries of struggle, vital progress: women’s fight for equality continues.

Deeds Not Words

The Story of Women's Rights - Then and Now

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  • Paperback

    384 pages

  • Release Date

    7 March 2019

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Summary

‘An uplifting record of progress and strength… You’ll lay the book down feeling not only informed, but galvanised to take action yourself.’ Independent

‘An incredible book … with the potential to change women’s lives.’ Sandi Toksvig

Why is it taking so long? Despite huge progress since the suffragette campaigns and wave after wave of feminism, women are still fighting for equality.

Why will we have to wait until 2069 for the gender pay gap to disappear in the …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781473646872
ISBN-10:1473646871
Author:Helen Pankhurst
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint:Sceptre
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:384
Release Date:7 March 2019
Weight:266g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 28mm
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Critics Review

This rousing and timely investigation raises questions about contemporary inequalities and offers thoughts on how to tackle them. - S Magazine, Express

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. But it’s more important job is to shine a light on how far we have yet to go. Helen Pankhurst leaves very few stones unturned in this forensic look at the last 100 years of women’s history.

Conversational, analytical, big-picture sweep of history, directional and - most importantly - wholly accessible. Literally words that make me want to get up and go do deeds, thinking all along the way!

Helen Pankhurst lives up to the hopes and expectations of her family name. 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. An exciting and engaging account of an essential part of British history.

An engaging book and call to action, full of insightful quotes and staggering statistics, vividly reflecting the diversity of British women’s lives and their journeys as agents of change.

In order to go forwards, we sometimes need to look back, to truly appreciate where we’ve come from and where we need to go. This is why Deeds not Words is so timely at this juncture. It will serve as a valuable guide and reference to anyone who wants to understand the Women’s Movement in more depth. I am deeply grateful to Helen for writing it

An incredible book - an engaging social history but also with an activist’s lens looking forward. Informative, enlightening, and with the potential to change women’s lives. Read Deeds Not Words - now!

About The Author

Helen Pankhurst

Dr. Helen Pankhurst is a women’s rights activist and senior advisor to CARE International, working in the UK and in Ethiopia. She is a trustee of ActionAid, a Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE and Visiting Professor at MMU. Helen is the great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst and granddaughter of Sylvia Pankhurst, leaders of the British suffragette movement. She has extensive media experience including national and international radio and print interviews and was involved in the 2015 film Suffragette. The Sunday before International Women’s Day each year, Helen leads an annual march in London, joined by the Olympic Suffragettes #March4Women.

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