The film Suffragette, which is due for release, portrays the struggle by British women to win the vote. They were exposed to violence and intimidation as their campaign became more militant. So they ...

History is full of forgotten tales of bravery and heroism, and that's the inspiration behind The Bodyguard Unit: Edith Garrud, Women's Suffrage, and Jujitsu. This new graphic novel from writer Clement ...

Clément Xavier, trans. from the French by Edward Gauvin, illus. by Lisa Lugrin. Graphic Universe, $17.99 paper (136p) ISBN 978-1-72844-565-6 In this high-energy work, Xavier highlights Edith Garrud ...

Edith Garrud sounds like a pretty formidable character. As one of this country’s first female professional martial arts instructors, she trained the Suffragette’s defence unit, the 30-strong ...

Just off Islington's Caledonian Road, in Thornhill Square you will find a green plaque commemorating Edith Garrud (1872-1971) — a woman known as the Jujitsu Suffragette. Edith and her husband were ...

Had the police known there was barbed wire hidden in the floral arrangements, things might have gone a little differently. The officers had poured themselves into an assembly hall in Glasgow, Scotland ...

You might wonder what the women’s struggle for the vote had to do with jiu jitsu. Yes, it’s makes some sense that suffragettes needed to learn self defense when battling policemen wielding truncheons, ...