Sarah Ditum

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Frequently imprisoned, the German-born feminist campaigned not only for the vote but for contraception and against sexual harassment

  • Death in Ten Minutes: Kitty Marion, Activist. Arsonist. Suffragette.

    Fern Riddell

    Hodder, pp. 342

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