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Freedom tote bags!
We print heroines, heroes and all things FREEDOM on tote bags..
People who fought for the rights and freedom we now have and who paved the way for us.
As women, as people, as a culture and as interconnected global citizens.
Religious freedom, political freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, academic freedom,
democratic freedom, sexual freedom, freedom of assembly, freedom of opinion..
Let’s cherish our rights,
let’s protect our rights,
lets keep our rights!
The Bag
The suffragette totes are £ 14 each, the 2nd World war Spy bags are £ 12 each and are hand printed on both sides.
The other tote bags are printed on one side only and are all £ 12 each. They are 100% pure cotton and measure 42 by 38 cm. All bags have free UK delivery.
If you buy the whole set of 6 bags of suffragettes or female spies, you get one bag for free.
Buy the bag here >
We give 10 percent of the profit from the sale of our tote bags bag to the four charities listed below. These charities all work to protect human rights for girls and women, whether it being liberty from female genital mutilation, forced marriage and ‘honour’ violence or sexist advertising, trafficking in women and prostitution or simply having the right to divorce.
Equal, self-determined and free: this is still a distant goal for the majority of girls and women around the world.
1. Freedom charity in the UK
www.freedomcharity.org.uk
3. The AHA Foundation in the USA
www.theahafoundation.org
2. Femmes for Freedom in the Netherlands
www.femmesforfreedom.com
4. Terre des femmes in Germany
terre-des-femmes.de
Sites we like
Education and funding
UK charity for the promotion of women’s history.
www.womenshistorynetwork.org
Leading UK charity campaigning for women’s rights at work, at home and in public life.
www.fawcettsociety.org.uk
Charity supporting projects that transform the lives of women both internationally and in the UK.
www.feminist-review-trust.com
Online UK publication dedicated to heroic women, past and present.
www.theheroinecollective.com
70 famous women who changed the world.
www.biographyonline.net
Some of the ‘female firsts’ for women in the 20th century.
www.theguardian.com
Imagine if we made animated musicals about the women of history and myths who refused to behave.
www.rejectedprincesses.com
Women who have graced the pages of history, from ancient to modern times.
womenofhistory.com
10 female pioneers: from suffragettes to style icons
www.theguardian.com
Blog celebrating the achievements of female activists and campaigners.
hercause.wordpress.com
The Feminist Library is a large collection of feminist literature based in London.
feministlibrary.co.uk
American organisation that celebrates the accomplishments of women.
nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org
Mother’s Day Proclamation from 1870 by Julia Ward Howe envisioning it as a Day of Peace.
peacealliance.org
‘One Billion Rising’, the biggest mass action to end violence against women.
www.onebillionrising.org
Project that catalogues sexism experienced on a day to day basis, showing that it is a valid problem to discuss.
everydaysexism.com
The Real Story of Kathrine Switzer’s 1967 Boston Marathon
kathrineswitzer.com
The suffragettes: pics, articles and east London info
The Women’s Library is the oldest library in Britain devoted to the history of women’s activism.
www.lse.ac.uk
Pictures, pamphlets and posters from ‘The Women’s Library collection’.
www.flickr.com
Time line symbolising women’s battle for equality.
digital.library.lse.ac.uk
Why is it important to remember the women’s suffrage campaign.
www.suffrageresources.org.uk
Antiquarian books, pamphlets and ephemera by and about women.
womanandhersphere.com
The Women’s Exhibition of 1909 in London’s Knightsbridge.
annesebba.com
13 Rarely Seen Photos of Women Voters in 1920’s America.
www.rd.com
London’s east end Suffragette map by the ‘gentle author’.
spitalfieldslife.com
Historical events connected to Sylvia Pankhurst and the East End Suffragettes.
inspiringcity.com
The Papers of Sylvia Pankhurst, 1882-1960
www.ampltd.co.uk
The amazing life of visionary women’s rights activist, writer and politician Annie Besant.
www.newworldencyclopedia.org
Pictures of the match women’s strike of 1888 at the Bryant and May’s factory in Bow, east London.
bryantandmaymatchgirlsstrike
10 empowering Millicent Fawcett quotes
www.harpersbazaar.com
East London Federation of Suffragettes Radical History Tour.
www.feministfightback.org.uk
Great information about the life of Sylvia Pankhurst from this East End blogger including where to find some of the harder to find locations.
diamondgeezer.blogspot.com
Site that aims to document all the memorials – plaques, monuments, statues, fountains that commemorate a person, an event or a building – in London.
www.londonremembers.com
The East End Women’s Museum seeks to record, research, share and celebrate the stories of east London women past and present.
eastendwomensmuseum.org
Roman Road Trust in London, a social enterprise supporting local journalism and the local community.
romanroadlondon.com
Women’s Suffrage Movement and its presence in the London borough of Camden by Aurora Metro, an arts and educational charity.
www.aurorametro.com
One of the many interesting articles on the website of UK’s parliament about male supporters of women’s suffrage.
www.parliament.uk
Article from the House of Commons library about universal suffrage and how some women, and all men, finally gained the right to vote in 1918.
commonslibrary
John Stuart Mill: liberal philosopher and intellectual.
www.parliament.uk
John Stuart Mill’s famous essay: On The Equality of Women (The Subjection of Women)
open.library.okstate.edu
George Lansbury, politician, social reformer and mayor of Poplar, East London who stood for social justice, women’s rights, and world disarmament.
www.theguardian.com
The Early Suffrage Societies in the 19th century – a timeline
www.parliament.uk
Article painting a more nuanced image of Winston Churchill’s attitude towards women’s suffrage.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
2nd World War spies and general info:
World War II – Women of the SOE
seducedbyhistory
The role of women at work during World war II
caber.open.ac.uk
10 women who helped ensuring victory during world war II.
listverse.com
15 badass women of World War II you didn’t learn about in history class.
www.upworthy.com
British spy and war time heroine Pearl Cornioley Honoured.
womenofhistory.com
WWII’s Most Highly Decorated Spy Was A Woman—And A Hero
www.youtube.com
VERY powerful interview with Odette Hallowes, World war Two intelligence officer.
www.youtube.com
Violette Szabo Museum: The history of a real life heroine
www.violette-szabo-museum.co.uk
Meet Nancy Wake — The White Mouse Of The French Resistance
allthatsinteresting.com
Krystyna Skarbek honoured with bronze bust at Polish Hearth Club.
www.theguardian.com
The Daring Exploits of Virginia Hall
coffeeordie.com
Virginia Hall: the most important American spy most people have never heard of.
www.npr.org
Documenting Numbers of Victims of the Holocaust and Nazi Persecution
encyclopedia.ushmm.org
Shocking book about Ravensbrück, the only concentration camp designed specifically for women, written by British journalist Sarah Helm.
www.theguardian.com
The Nazi Party: Women of the Third Reich
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org
Was Vichy France a puppet government or a willing Nazi collaborator?
www.smithsonianmag.com
Page from the Holocaust Encyclopedia about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German pastor and theologian known for his opposition to National Socialism.
encyclopedia.ushmm.org
Hannah Arendt (1964) – What Remains? (Full Interview in German with subtitles)
www.youtube.com
Blog
Recommended reading
The phenomenal author and jungian psychologist Clarissa Pinkola Estés
www.clarissapinkolaestes.com
A Woman’s Worth: Marianne Williamson
www.abebooks.co.uk
Women & Power: A Manifesto: Mary Beard
www.goodreads.com
The chalice and the blade: Dr. Riane Eisler
www.amazon.co.uk/Chalice-Blade-Riane-Eisler
The Creation of Patriarchy: Gerda Lerner
www.amazon.co.uk/Creation-Patriarchy-Women-History
Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
www.amazon.co.uk/Testament-Hope-Essential-Writings
If This Is A Woman: Inside Ravensbruck: Hitler’s Concentration Camp for Women by Sarah Helm.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/If-This-Woman-Ravensbruck
The Origins of Totalitarianism by political philosopher Hannah Arendt (1906-1975)
www.waterstones.com/book/the-origins-of-totalitarianism
The phenomenal author and jungian psychologist Clarissa Pinkola Estés
www.clarissapinkolaestes.com
A Woman’s Worth: Marianne Williamson
www.abebooks.co.uk
Women & Power: A Manifesto: Mary Beard
www.goodreads.com
The chalice and the blade: Dr. Riane Eisler
www.amazon.co.uk/Chalice-Blade-Riane-Eisler
The Creation of Patriarchy: Gerda Lerner
www.amazon.co.uk/Creation-Patriarchy-Women-History
Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
www.amazon.co.uk/Testament-Hope-Essential-Writings
If This Is A Woman: Inside Ravensbruck: Hitler’s Concentration Camp for Women by Sarah Helm.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/If-This-Woman-Ravensbruck
The Origins of Totalitarianism by political philosopher Hannah Arendt (1906-1975)
Esoteric Christianity: Annie Besant
www.amazon.co.uk
www.eden.co.uk/christian-books
Feminine Endings: Music, Gender, and Sexuality: Susan Mcclary
www.amazon.co.uk/Feminine-Endings
Opera, Or The Undoing Of Women: Catherine Clement
www.goodreads.com
www.amazon.co.uk/
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 tales of extraordinary women
www.amazon.co.uk/Good-Night-Stories
Women’s London: A Tour Guide to Great Lives: Rachel Kolsky
www.goodreads.com
100 pioneering women, richly illustrated mini gift book from the National Portrait Gallery, London.
www.npg.org.uk
The Princessa: Machiavelli for Women: Harriet Rubin
www.readinggroupguides.com
Architects, Angels, Activists and the City of Bath, 1765-1965 by Cynthia Imogen Hammond.
www.amazon.co.uk
Contact
We can research any subject and have it printed on a bag. Please email us at info@unlockthefuture.net with your ideas and we will get back to you.
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