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Coco Khan picks Edith Garrud, the jujitsu fighting suffragette

Great Lives by BBC

May 19, 202627:44Society & Culture

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 c...

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Coco Khan picks Edith Garrud, the jujitsu fighting suffragette is an episode from Great Lives by BBC. Writer and podcaster Coco Khan nominates the little-known but formidable Edith Garrud, a woman who turned Edwardian expectations on their...

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