The Hard Way Up
Book description
“My readers may not find it a very thrilling story, but I hope it will reveal to them the early dreams, secret hopes and half-realized ambitions of one very ordinary woman...Looking back on my own life, I feel my greatest enemy has been the cooking stove — a sort of…
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Why read it?
1 author picked The Hard Way Up as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The story of a courageous working-class woman growing up in the 1870s near Manchester.
Young Hannah, with just a meagre "fortnight’s schooling," had everything against her. But she never stayed down for long: she joined the new Independent Labour Party (ILP), becoming a suffragette. Then, disillusioned with the Pankhursts, Hannah joined the Women’s Freedom League. Later, she became not only a councillor but also a magistrate.
She has an inspiring story of never giving up and always keeping her goals in sight.
From Jill's list on books on women’s history that inspired me.
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