The Bodyguard Unit: Edith Garrud, Women's Suffrage, and Jujitsu

Clement Xavier, Lisa Lugrin

ISBN 13: 9798765607473

Published by Graphic Universe -, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Bodyguard Unit: Edith Garrud, Women's Suffrage, and Jujitsu
• Publisher: Graphic Universe -
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798765607473
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Lugrin, Lisa
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Who were the jujitsuffragettes?

In the early twentieth century, women in England demanded the right to vote―and faced violent retaliation. Rather than back down, the suffragist group Women's Social and Political Union formed its own security unit. Edith Garrud, a pioneering self-defense instructor, trained them to fight back against abuse and arrest while pursuing long-overdue rights.

This graphic retelling of Garrud's life reveals the resilience and (often physical) resistance of her era's voting-rights activists. Featuring an introduction from Elsa Dorlin (Self-Defense: A Philosophy of Violence), The Bodyguard Unit explores an explosive stage of the fight for suffrage.

About the Authors

Clement Xavier is a writer based in France. In 2015, Xavier and illustrator Lisa Lugrin jointly received the prestigious Prix Révélation (Debut Prize) at the Angoulême International Comics Festival for their first French-language graphic novel, Yékini, le roi des arènes.

Lisa Lugrin is a comic book artist and author based in France. In 2015, Lugrin and Clement Xavier jointly received the prestigious Prix Révélation (Debut Prize) at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. She is co-founder of Na editions.