Suffragette Stories

In 1882, Doctor Jane Barber has no shortage of problems. From being scrutinised at work for her gender, judged for her youth, and undermined by society as a whole, shes had quite enough. The Boer War was a traumatic experience on its own, but on top of that, Jane now has to find accommodation in London on her own- as the years she should've spent meeting a man and settling down, she spent in a trench tending to wounds. Detective Inspector Arthur Murphy is in need of a roommate. His last was too whiny, the one before that too loud. Another whistled too much, and a brief encounter with one man's dog was enough for Arthur to evict him immediately. When his sister Ada finally puts her foot down, and finds him a roommate herself. Which is how Arthur comes home one day to find his new roommate: a woman. If the Boer War was explosive, Jane and Arthur sharing a shabby flat in London is practically a world war. Spilled tea, scattered case files, and one meddling doctor who won't stop tidying his desk. Arthur nearly kills Jane. Jane nearly kills Arthur. And no, for the last time, as they have to tell many people, they are not married. | Work In Progress Story | Will become a series once this book is complete | Please vote and comment |

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The calm and serenity of a little village in nineteenth century England is marred by a gruesome murder in Cedar Manor. The Lord Woolworth has been strangled to death in his own library, leaving behind a massive estate. But the seemingly innocent façade of the Manor residents is broken down by Inspector Crowley as he uncovers secret affairs and malicious scandals. Can he solve the murder and deliver justice at the same time? [MYSTERY WINNER - Contest 9 - Sherlock much? ]

Poem I wrote based on the topic Women and the Vote in history class. Was very interested in it and decided to write about it. Let me know what you think :P xx

This is just a short story I had to write for school. I might make it into a longer version.

Short Story~ I entered this story for the BBC Radio 2 500 words writing competition here in the UK. I was one of the 25 finalists in my age group out of a 125,000 that entered. I had to go down to London, in Shakespeare's Globe for the results. I got to meet celebrities like: Julie Walters, Tom Hiddleston, Warwick Davis, Raleigh Ritchie, Nick Jones, Chris Evans (radio presenter) and many more! Unfortunately I was not a winner, but still got a shout out. I thought that it would be a nice idea to share the story with you guys, you can also go to the BBC Radio 2 500 words website to find out more about the day! http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00rfvk1 Look out for the name Emily Baxter (that's me!) I really hope you enjoy my story!! Cover by: @evbax01

Plunge into a world years ago where powerful and fierce women fought for the vote.

Enola Holmes has disappeared, leaving behind a cryptic clue, a bloodied dagger and a room full of secrets. It's up to Sherlock to follow the trail she left behind. A follow up to Enola Holmes, taking place 2 years after the movie in 1893 and switches between Enola and Sherlock's point of view. Please leave a comment if you like it :)

Every gender should be equal

In Canada, 1904, Richard Marcus the third and Priscilla stand before a judge to dissolve a marriage of abuse and adultery. He has all the rights, she is legally not considered a person. Will he win by turning a divorce court into a prosecution Priscilla? As Richard Marcus the third shreds her on the witness stand the possibility of deliverance comes from unlikely sources.

A Small thing to remember Emily Wilding Davison's brave act on June 4th 1913 as she attempted to get vots for women

Ginny is a mother first and foremost to two girls Sarah-Ann and Cynthia. Her house, a one room slum in the midst of east-end London, also supports her sisters family too. Selina, who is heavily pregnant, her husband Sebastian, a dock worker and her three children, Edward, Lottie and Beatrice. Virginia, Selina and Sarah-Ann work locally at the Bryant and May matchbox factory in Bow. A notorious line of work with unusual and highly painful health risks, predominately 'Phossy Jaw' and who's employees consist of 95% women. Brutally supervised by Harland Beazley the women of the matchbox factory are scrupulously controlled to the point of fear. One step out of line, a matchbox dropped, the wrong or not footwear would see a worker fined half a days wage. To make ends meat Ginny involves Edward, Lottie and Beatrice in the matchbox making process at her home. But when a newspaper reports on the working conditions for the women at the factory, Ginny spots an opportunity and realises a deep embedded ambition to fight the powers that be. Ginny is faced with crippling fines and fears her eldest daughter may be falling foul of the common lines, 'Phossy'. Ginny fights against the male dominated society the only way she can, secretly in liaison with the newspaper.

This story is based on how (or at least to my knowledge) women and families were affected by the suffragette movement in the early 20th centuary.

- "If my legacy is to throw myself in the path of a bullet to save your life, then so be it." Lois Andersson is part of the suffragette movement and proud to be so. Her plan is to blow up as many buildings until they allow the vote, but then John Shelby comes into her life with his family and fucks it all up. Peaky Blinders, Season 1. Thomas Shelby x Fem! Reader

This is a cottagecore diary or Venus Celeste who is a young girl at the age of 11 it starts in the year of 1905 and she documents her adventures worries and secrets in the diary. Enjoy my book and please support. Thank you :) instagram-@spiritual_b_wattpadstories

Elizabeth Buckingham is a modern woman. After her fiance died in the Crimean War she decided to dedicate her life to good works and not to trifle with the affairs of the heart again. She is happy to live her life supporting her causes without causing a scandal to her family. Henry Carlyle hates England. Transported from South Africa and transplanted into Victorian London he is miserable. He misses home. He never wanted to become Lord Brockett or inherit Brockley Hall. He is at his happiest being a doctor not trussed up like a peacock. Elizabeth is asked to help Henry transition into English society and make Brockley Hall his home. Will she also make a home for herself in the process?

"It's not right that we should have to fight for something so obviously right and just as having the vote but we must. Someone must!" Lady Anastasia Banks has lived her entire life thus far in a world where she may do as she likes, be it running around the countryside with her cousins or sitting quietly in a secluded corner, immersed in a book about the flora and fauna of her home county of Kent. But with her 'coming out' only a year away, Anastasia gradually realises her future will be quite different. And she's not sure if she'll like it. Thrust into the world of Edwardian high society and faced with an impossible choice, Anastasia comes to see that perhaps life isn't so simple and fair as she once thought. In her frustration, she comes across a group of ladies who promise to help her... to help all women.

Allegory of Suffragettes