With the outbreak of World War I, German-born Kitty Marion, suspected of being a German spy and placed under surveillance, sailed from Liverpool for New York. She left a dramatic and colourful life behind: a hectic and fascinating 20-year career as a performer crisscrossing Britain first as a singer, dancer and actress on the musical comedy and pantomime stage, and then in music hall as a 'refined comedienne'. She campaigned against the sexual abuses rife in the theatre of the day which led her eventually into the suffragette movement where she became a 'notorious' militant, responsible for numerous acts of arson. She was imprisoned, went on hunger-strike, and was force-fed more than 300-times. In America, she became a celebrated 'foot-soldier' in Margaret Sanger's birth control movement. Her autobiography, written in the 1930s is published here for the first time.

About the Author

Viv Gardner is Professor Emerita at the University of Manchester, and is a theatre and performance historian, focusing on gender and sexuality at the fin de siecle

Diane Atkinson is an independent scholar and author of three biographies and two illustrated two books on the suffragettes

Book Information
ISBN 9781526138040
Author Viv Gardner
Format Hardback
Page Count 296
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publisher Manchester University Press
Weight(grams) 635g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 21mm