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Bodyguard Unit, The: Edith Garrud, Women's Suffrage, and Jujitsu
Clément Xavier, foreword by Elsa Dorlin
Illustrator: Lisa Lugrin, colors by Albertine Ralenti
Ages: 14+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Graphic Universe/Lerner
ISBN: 978-1-7284-4565-6
Keywords: Great Britain, suffrage, women's rights, brutality, self-defence
A group of British suffragists used martial arts to defend themselves against police brutality during the fight for the vote before World War I. Bold, colorful panels and archival images and photographs.