Member Review

Written by the granddaughter of one of the Pankhurst sisters, there’s very few more qualified to write a book like this and Helen Pankhurst does it incredbly well in Deeds Not Words, released a hundred years after the first time women were allowed to vote.

Chaptered into different topics, this book gives a concise and interesting layout of what has changed and what still needs to change for women in the UK and done in a way that makes it easy to read. Chapters on subjects I don’t think about so often such as Money, Identity and Culture are covered incredibly well in this book and go into different parts of society that inform the reader.

I really enjoyed and grew frustrated at this book, knowing how much there was still needing to be changed, however the chapters on 2028 and Beyond give me hope there are new ideas that will allow for a more equal and better society for any woman who lives in it.