A fantastic episode of BBC Radio 4 Great Lives

– podcaster and writer Coco Khan chose Edith Garrud,

known as the Jujitsu fighting suffragette.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002vm58

Writer and podcaster Coco Khan nominates the little-known but formidable Edith Garrud, a woman who turned Edwardian expectations on their head. A pioneer of ‘Suffrajitsu’, she taught women Japanese martial arts so they could defend themselves from arrest. Joining Coco is Dr Naomi Paxton, who brings Edith Garrud to life as a woman who promoted her cause through public performance.