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Sally Heathcote. Sufragista
Púrpura, blanco y verde. Tres colores representan a la National Women’s Social and Political Union, una liga de mujeres extraordinarias que lucharon por conquistar derechos humanos que en el contexto rígido y clasista de la Inglaterra eduardiana brillaban por su ausencia.
Sally Heathcote es una trabajadora doméstica al servicio de Emmeline Pankhurst, una de las fundadoras del movimiento. La proximidad de ese entorno comprometido y militante irá concienciando a la joven en la causa sufragista, que reclama el derecho al voto para las mujeres. La desobediencia civil, la estrategia política, el aprendizaje de la acción directa y la reivindicación a pie de calle van a dictar la trayectoria feminista de Sally, que no dudará en enfocar su vida como una carrera de obstáculos pero también de grandes logros para las generaciones futuras.
Mary M. Talbot, Kate Charlesworth y Bryan Talbot construyen una historia apasionante sobre la lealtad, el coraje y la dignidad de un grupo de mujeres que lograron abrir, en el ámbito laboral, social y educativo, una serie de puertas que habían estado siempre cerradas.
Sally Heathcote es una trabajadora doméstica al servicio de Emmeline Pankhurst, una de las fundadoras del movimiento. La proximidad de ese entorno comprometido y militante irá concienciando a la joven en la causa sufragista, que reclama el derecho al voto para las mujeres. La desobediencia civil, la estrategia política, el aprendizaje de la acción directa y la reivindicación a pie de calle van a dictar la trayectoria feminista de Sally, que no dudará en enfocar su vida como una carrera de obstáculos pero también de grandes logros para las generaciones futuras.
Mary M. Talbot, Kate Charlesworth y Bryan Talbot construyen una historia apasionante sobre la lealtad, el coraje y la dignidad de un grupo de mujeres que lograron abrir, en el ámbito laboral, social y educativo, una serie de puertas que habían estado siempre cerradas.
226 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2014
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Mary M. Talbot
13 books28 followersDr Mary Talbot is the author of the graphic novel Dotter of her Father’s Eyes (Jonathan Cape 2012), illustrated by her husband, award winning comic artist Bryan Talbot. She is an internationally acclaimed scholar who has published widely on language, gender and power, particularly in relation to media and consumer culture. Dotter is the first work she has undertaken in the graphic novel format. It went on to win the Costa Biography Award in January 2013.
Mary’s recent academic work includes a second edition of Language and Gender (Polity 2010), a book that continues to be popular with university lecturers and students worldwide. However, she’s probably still best known for her critical investigation of the “synthetic sisterhood” offered by teen magazines.
She has held academic posts in higher education for over twenty-five years, mostly in England, but also in Wales and Denmark. In 2004 she was invited as Visiting Professor to Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, China. She has also done extensive consultancy work, including for the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Quality Assurance Agency.
Born in Wigan in 1954, Mary married Bryan and moved to Preston in 1972, where she brought up two sons, wrote poetry and short stories. She studied English Literature and Linguistics at Preston Polytechnic as a mature student, graduating in 1982 with a first class BA in Combined Studies. She later went on to study at Lancaster University, completing with a PhD on Critical Discourse Analysis in 1990. Employment as Reader in Language and Culture took her to Sunderland in 1997. She still lives in Sunderland, but has been a freelance writer since 2009.
Her second graphic novel, Sally Heathcote, Suffragette, is illustrated by Kate Charlesworth and Bryan and due for publication by Jonathan Cape in May 2014. It follows the fortunes of a maid-of-all-work as she is swept up the feminist activism of Edwardian England.
Mary’s recent academic work includes a second edition of Language and Gender (Polity 2010), a book that continues to be popular with university lecturers and students worldwide. However, she’s probably still best known for her critical investigation of the “synthetic sisterhood” offered by teen magazines.
She has held academic posts in higher education for over twenty-five years, mostly in England, but also in Wales and Denmark. In 2004 she was invited as Visiting Professor to Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, China. She has also done extensive consultancy work, including for the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Quality Assurance Agency.
Born in Wigan in 1954, Mary married Bryan and moved to Preston in 1972, where she brought up two sons, wrote poetry and short stories. She studied English Literature and Linguistics at Preston Polytechnic as a mature student, graduating in 1982 with a first class BA in Combined Studies. She later went on to study at Lancaster University, completing with a PhD on Critical Discourse Analysis in 1990. Employment as Reader in Language and Culture took her to Sunderland in 1997. She still lives in Sunderland, but has been a freelance writer since 2009.
Her second graphic novel, Sally Heathcote, Suffragette, is illustrated by Kate Charlesworth and Bryan and due for publication by Jonathan Cape in May 2014. It follows the fortunes of a maid-of-all-work as she is swept up the feminist activism of Edwardian England.
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December 28, 2015
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Me ha gustado muchísimo esta novela gráfica, por lo que se aprende con ella y sobretodo por ese regusto amargo que se le queda a uno con la última viñeta, que nos lleva una vez más a reflexionar.
Me ha gustado muchísimo esta novela gráfica, por lo que se aprende con ella y sobretodo por ese regusto amargo que se le queda a uno con la última viñeta, que nos lleva una vez más a reflexionar.
March 27, 2020
"Sufragista" cuenta el que para mí es, literalmente, uno de los episodios más fascinantes de la historia contemporánea. Sin embargo se pierde en historias sin interés y personajes sin carisma que desdibujan esta apasionante historia y convierten al que debería ser el cómic más facinante de los últimos años, en un simple ejercicio académico.
April 2, 2016
Sally Heathcote: Suffragette is an engaging and thoroughly researched comics volume on an important aspect of both British and American (and in principle, the world, of course) history: the Edwardian Suffragette movement for the purpose of equal rights, voting, representation, and dignity. The focus is on the British story. And the history is (for me) surprisingly violent, and angry. What was I expecting? Relatively polite and articulate British women at the turn of the twentieth century! But these are not all pacifist ML King activists, though most were. A split happened among them, just as happened in the U.S. during the Civil Rights era along similar lines: Dr. King advocated Gandhian nonviolence, Malcom X said "any means necessary," though it was also most non-violent.
Sally is a fictional character, a working class maid, set among several actual historical figures I couldn't quite keep track of, maybe in part because I am American and didn't know all the names. The issues are familiar, though, and the action is often fast and furious, and you do get good exposure to the range of historical moments. And it is, as I said, pretty engaging. Sally is imprisoned for breaking a cop's nose with her forehead when he was grabbing her inappropriately as the police broke up a demonstration. She was jailed for eight months for this (!) and when she tried, according to plan, to go on a hunger strike, she was force-fed, and violently.
In the process of telling the story, we read a lot of outrageous sexist and even misogynist things said by the male political establishment and all kinds of men of the time. But Sally also has a good guy friend, Paul, and Talbot uses him to humanize the political tale, though she also makes him into a bit of a cliche at the same time (the one good man!).
And like most ambitious graphic histories, she tries to do maybe a bit too much, to be expansive, and in the process thins out events to cover as much as possible. There is a timeline included and lots and lots of notes suggested texts in an appendix.
It's a good place to start on the subject, for sure. Given that I had no particular interest in the British suffragette movement, I thought they did a pretty good job reeling me in. . .
I am not a particular fan of Bryan Talbot's art work. I liked their previous collaborative project, Dotter of Her father's Eyes. The cover is not so inviting, and I thought this was unfortunately titled, like it was an after-school special, though maybe that is the intended audience, YA Brit kids.
Sally is a fictional character, a working class maid, set among several actual historical figures I couldn't quite keep track of, maybe in part because I am American and didn't know all the names. The issues are familiar, though, and the action is often fast and furious, and you do get good exposure to the range of historical moments. And it is, as I said, pretty engaging. Sally is imprisoned for breaking a cop's nose with her forehead when he was grabbing her inappropriately as the police broke up a demonstration. She was jailed for eight months for this (!) and when she tried, according to plan, to go on a hunger strike, she was force-fed, and violently.
In the process of telling the story, we read a lot of outrageous sexist and even misogynist things said by the male political establishment and all kinds of men of the time. But Sally also has a good guy friend, Paul, and Talbot uses him to humanize the political tale, though she also makes him into a bit of a cliche at the same time (the one good man!).
And like most ambitious graphic histories, she tries to do maybe a bit too much, to be expansive, and in the process thins out events to cover as much as possible. There is a timeline included and lots and lots of notes suggested texts in an appendix.
It's a good place to start on the subject, for sure. Given that I had no particular interest in the British suffragette movement, I thought they did a pretty good job reeling me in. . .
I am not a particular fan of Bryan Talbot's art work. I liked their previous collaborative project, Dotter of Her father's Eyes. The cover is not so inviting, and I thought this was unfortunately titled, like it was an after-school special, though maybe that is the intended audience, YA Brit kids.
November 18, 2024
I read it so slowly because it never got to engage me but I went on because I was interested in the suffragette movement.
The story itself follows the perspective of the fictional Sally Heathcote, a young woman picked out by Emmeline Pankhurst from a workhouse in Manchester to become a housemaid in her home. By working there Sally eavesdrops the early stages of development for the Women's Social and Political Union to eventually become an active member involved in militant and radical activities. Through her activism you can get a clear picture of the social deprivation, levels of physical and sexual harassment and long hard labouring hours involved with domestic service. You witness the treatment of women's suffrage and day-to-day lives; the hunger strikes, the violence and attacks on peaceful marches, and the more extremist actions of the suffragettes themselves.
Despite its coldness I'm thankful to the graphic novel for opening a window to see those women we should be so proud of because without them we would never have the right to choose or the possibility to let our voices be heard. Just because of that it is a worthy read
The story itself follows the perspective of the fictional Sally Heathcote, a young woman picked out by Emmeline Pankhurst from a workhouse in Manchester to become a housemaid in her home. By working there Sally eavesdrops the early stages of development for the Women's Social and Political Union to eventually become an active member involved in militant and radical activities. Through her activism you can get a clear picture of the social deprivation, levels of physical and sexual harassment and long hard labouring hours involved with domestic service. You witness the treatment of women's suffrage and day-to-day lives; the hunger strikes, the violence and attacks on peaceful marches, and the more extremist actions of the suffragettes themselves.
Despite its coldness I'm thankful to the graphic novel for opening a window to see those women we should be so proud of because without them we would never have the right to choose or the possibility to let our voices be heard. Just because of that it is a worthy read
November 7, 2016
Me ha resultado bastante difícil puntuar esta novela gráfica pero creo que se merece esas cuatro estrellas por dos cosas: 1) las viñetas me han encantado, están llenas de detalles y son necesarias muchas relecturas para apreciar todo el trabajo que hay detrás; 2) nos acerca a la lucha sufragista y creo que es necesario recordarlo. Parece mentira que, aunque haya pasado un siglo, sigamos haciendo chistes con lo de: "las mujeres tienen que quedarse en casa cuidando de los hijos y siendo amas de casa que es para lo que sirven" y que, haber nacido en una época donde las mujeres tenemos derecho a votar nos haya hecho olvidar que no fue fácil ni una lucha gratuita. Fin del discurso feminista.
Un libro para disfrutar y reflexionar.
Un libro para disfrutar y reflexionar.
September 3, 2017
No está mal, pero se me queda un poco corto. La historia está contada un poco a trompicones, dan por hecho mucha información que no estaría de más que se plasmase. La traducción es bastante chusquera.
El dibujo sin embargo me ha encantado, y el hecho de resaltar detalles en colores cuando predomina el blanco y negro me ha parecido muy acertado.
El dibujo sin embargo me ha encantado, y el hecho de resaltar detalles en colores cuando predomina el blanco y negro me ha parecido muy acertado.
June 13, 2017
This was awesome! I liked it more than Talbot's first graphic novel just because it was bigger and I felt like there was room for more story. The panelling was done better too and it was easy to follow. Sally was such a good character, and though I was aware of the actions and hardships of the suffragettes, this story really gave it a background.
June 22, 2016
So... I wanted to like this book. I kind of had an assumption I would enjoy it. But despite the nice art and average writing, something just felt fundamentally off about this comic. So, since I'm trying to err on the side of less stars (rather then more) I've ended up giving it 2 stars. It was OK, but I don't think I will ever recommend it to anyone because at best I don't think many people would find this terribly interesting - which is a complete and total shame IMHO.
Despite the fact that this was publish back in 2014 I obviously read it in a post Suffragette movie world and I must admit that all the stupid shit that that movie stirred up did have an affect on how I saw this comic. Do I have a perfect solution for what they could have done instead? No. There are a few different options, and certainly more when you consider that they character in this comic was completely fictional.
That said, I do think that my feelings that this was the EASIEST story to tell are still justified. Overall it seemed so cookie-cutter really. Hitting all the points that most suffragette media does. I really haven't read that much about British suffragettes before but I still felt like I had read this story a million times before.
They certainly did not win any points for making the main thrust of the comic be about a romance plot-line! It just felt so strangely cliche.
The predominantly gray-tone watercolor was very nice though. I hadn't seen it before and I enjoyed the style of drawing as well. Probably my favorite part of this whole book.
Despite the fact that this was publish back in 2014 I obviously read it in a post Suffragette movie world and I must admit that all the stupid shit that that movie stirred up did have an affect on how I saw this comic. Do I have a perfect solution for what they could have done instead? No. There are a few different options, and certainly more when you consider that they character in this comic was completely fictional.
That said, I do think that my feelings that this was the EASIEST story to tell are still justified. Overall it seemed so cookie-cutter really. Hitting all the points that most suffragette media does. I really haven't read that much about British suffragettes before but I still felt like I had read this story a million times before.
They certainly did not win any points for making the main thrust of the comic be about a romance plot-line! It just felt so strangely cliche.
The predominantly gray-tone watercolor was very nice though. I hadn't seen it before and I enjoyed the style of drawing as well. Probably my favorite part of this whole book.
April 16, 2015
How did this book make the woman's suffrage movement of England boring? I mean, it's not a topic high on my interest list, but it was appealing enough for me to check out the book. But the first third of the story is confusing, starting (for a page) in 1961, before jumping to a mid-point in the story, throwing characters at the reader before then jumping further back to actually introduce the lead. And then the story just sort of rolls out - the stakes are never really built up, and the resolution of the central topic (women's suffrage) is provided not in the story itself, but only in the bloody footnotes.... The main character is fictional, but doesn't do enough action to justify her own creation.
The art is interesting, black and white except for one or two traits to help identify the characters. Very cartoonish, but it serves the story well. Unfortunately, the story itself doesn't serve. The 1961 bookends are absolutely pointless, the story spends more time in conversation about the social meanderings of the major activists, and ultimately it makes what was a major social and political force of the early 20th century feel like nothing actually happened. Maybe I didn't connect with it the way other readers did, but ultimately this left me with a bad taste - A laudable subject for a graphic novel that just didn't click for me.
The art is interesting, black and white except for one or two traits to help identify the characters. Very cartoonish, but it serves the story well. Unfortunately, the story itself doesn't serve. The 1961 bookends are absolutely pointless, the story spends more time in conversation about the social meanderings of the major activists, and ultimately it makes what was a major social and political force of the early 20th century feel like nothing actually happened. Maybe I didn't connect with it the way other readers did, but ultimately this left me with a bad taste - A laudable subject for a graphic novel that just didn't click for me.
June 17, 2016
Disclaimer: I would rate the plot 2 stars but since the art was truly outstanding (honestly 5 stars) I pushed it up to 3.
So, again I feel a little underwhelmed. I was expecting an insightful view on the lifes of women in the British Empire struggling to get a vote and an insight into politics from ~1900 - 1930.
And what did I get? The very compressed version of Sally Heathcote's lives, focusing on the years 1902 to 1917 and it wasn't very interesting to be honest. She started working for a woman who was head of the Women's Social and Political Union and therefore joining the Suffragette movement as well. I didn't know anything specific about the struggle and that movement and was exciting to learn new interesting stuff, but what I got was quite repetitive and boring.
Women demonstrating, men laughing at them. The women getting more frustrated as time goes on, starting to kick police officers (oh how I loved those scenes! Sally is a badass!), breaking windows in prominent buildings (even setting a house on fire) and being sent to prison for it. In prison the started a hunger strike to underline their beliefs (the force-feeding scenes where truly horrible to watch).
Sally's blooming relationship to Arthur, who later dies in World War I, is portrayed very subtly and added a nice layer to the her personal life story but was irrelevant to my quest of finding out about Suffragettes.
And then, the weirdest thing of all, the story ends in the year before women finally got the right to vote in the British Empire - what the heck. In the annotation section we get four sentences from the author why they got to vote - umm, thank you, the Wikipedia article was more specific and detailed.
I enjoyed the ending, fast-forwarding 50 years and Sally's niece telling her that "she won't bother" to vote because it's nothing special... That was iconic!
So, again I feel a little underwhelmed. I was expecting an insightful view on the lifes of women in the British Empire struggling to get a vote and an insight into politics from ~1900 - 1930.
And what did I get? The very compressed version of Sally Heathcote's lives, focusing on the years 1902 to 1917 and it wasn't very interesting to be honest. She started working for a woman who was head of the Women's Social and Political Union and therefore joining the Suffragette movement as well. I didn't know anything specific about the struggle and that movement and was exciting to learn new interesting stuff, but what I got was quite repetitive and boring.
Women demonstrating, men laughing at them. The women getting more frustrated as time goes on, starting to kick police officers (oh how I loved those scenes! Sally is a badass!), breaking windows in prominent buildings (even setting a house on fire) and being sent to prison for it. In prison the started a hunger strike to underline their beliefs (the force-feeding scenes where truly horrible to watch).
Sally's blooming relationship to Arthur, who later dies in World War I, is portrayed very subtly and added a nice layer to the her personal life story but was irrelevant to my quest of finding out about Suffragettes.
And then, the weirdest thing of all, the story ends in the year before women finally got the right to vote in the British Empire - what the heck. In the annotation section we get four sentences from the author why they got to vote - umm, thank you, the Wikipedia article was more specific and detailed.
I enjoyed the ending, fast-forwarding 50 years and Sally's niece telling her that "she won't bother" to vote because it's nothing special... That was iconic!
May 7, 2015
I would have given this more stars--I find this subject fascinating--but the whole flipping back and forth through time and introducing people and then introducing even more random people (and please don't hate, but I found SO MANY of the characters looked TOTALLY the SAME; thank goodness Sally had red hair or I NEVER would have been able to identify throughout!); it was just a bit of a hot mess.
If I didn't already have a bit of knowledge of the characters or if I wasn't so interested in the subject I would have given this up because the layout, the plotline, and all the female characters not being given enough differentiation was a HOT MESS.
p.s. Also, Sally is a made-up character which I felt detracted from the story. It made me wonder why they didn't focus on a real hero of this time? I know there is very careful documentation at the end of the book about everyone/everything, but I still wonder why do a "Sally"?
If I didn't already have a bit of knowledge of the characters or if I wasn't so interested in the subject I would have given this up because the layout, the plotline, and all the female characters not being given enough differentiation was a HOT MESS.
p.s. Also, Sally is a made-up character which I felt detracted from the story. It made me wonder why they didn't focus on a real hero of this time? I know there is very careful documentation at the end of the book about everyone/everything, but I still wonder why do a "Sally"?
December 10, 2015
I do enjoy graphic novels now and again as a break or to read in snatched moments alongside normal books and I picked this one up as I was interested so see how the suffragette story would be told in visual imagery alongside text.
I did enjoy it and when I had finished I felt I had learn't a lot about the movement in the twentieth century and the issues facing working class women and the vote but the story was very jumpy and too many characters came in and out. I think it also would of been that more interesting had the novel not been based on a fictional character. However, the last few pages delivered a powerful message and perfect ending. Three out of five stars from me.
I did enjoy it and when I had finished I felt I had learn't a lot about the movement in the twentieth century and the issues facing working class women and the vote but the story was very jumpy and too many characters came in and out. I think it also would of been that more interesting had the novel not been based on a fictional character. However, the last few pages delivered a powerful message and perfect ending. Three out of five stars from me.
September 8, 2015
The last three pages completely shattered my heart - especially the last frame. Please always use your vote when you can, your opinions and beliefs are so important not only to your current society but also to honouring history.
I think that this could've been slightly better done - although I understood the timeline it still felt a bit jumpy and some things were definitely not explained as well as they could have been. My understanding of the Suffragettes from GCSE History most definitely contributed to me enjoying this.
I think that this could've been slightly better done - although I understood the timeline it still felt a bit jumpy and some things were definitely not explained as well as they could have been. My understanding of the Suffragettes from GCSE History most definitely contributed to me enjoying this.
November 5, 2017
Reconozco que al principio me costó un poco, no sé si el problema eran los diálogos en sí o la traducción, pero me parecían pobres, planos... no lo sé. En cualquier caso, me acostumbré y lo que sí disfruté desde el principio, fue el tratamiento de color y la narrativa de las viñetas. Y, por supuesto, la historia; es una buena forma de conocer en detalle esta parte de la lucha, todos esos sacrificios que hicieron estas mujeres para que algunos hoy puedan permitirse el lujo de darlo todo por sentado y decir que el feminismo ya no es necesario.
January 24, 2016
Dá unha versión máis completa e matizada que a da película Suffragette (2015) e encantoume a ilustración, mais o comic é algo difícil de seguir narrativamente.
Polo demais, flipo co abuso do masculino xenérico na tradución castelá da obra. Ten que estar feita a mala fe, dado que trata case enteiramente de mulleres feministas e o tradutor sempre se refire a elas en masculino. Non ten sentido ningún.
Polo demais, flipo co abuso do masculino xenérico na tradución castelá da obra. Ten que estar feita a mala fe, dado que trata case enteiramente de mulleres feministas e o tradutor sempre se refire a elas en masculino. Non ten sentido ningún.
February 27, 2018
Sally Heathcote: Sugfragista es un comic lleno de historia, pasión y feminismo que está muy bien documentado, aunque no necesariamente muy bien contado. Me costó seguir la historia durante las primeras páginas, así que investigué por encima el movimiento sufragista británico de principios del siglo XX para empaparme mejor de lo que estaba leyendo (si alguien se anima a leerlo hay un jugoso apartado de cronología y anotaciones en las páginas finales que resulta muy útil y en el que yo tardé un tiempo en reparar). Fue un gran acierto, porque he disfrutado de la historia de Sally y he aprendido bastante sobre la lucha de las mujeres en Reino Unido.
Por ponerle un pero, el que para mi tienen a menudo los cómics: me falta personaje. Sally es una excusa perfecta para acercarnos a la historia del movimiento, pero no ha logrado cautivarme.
Eso sí, he terminado la lectura arribísima gracias a la penúltima viñeta del cómic, que no voy a detallar para ahorrar spoilers, pero que me ha sacudido y emocionado mucho.
Por ponerle un pero, el que para mi tienen a menudo los cómics: me falta personaje. Sally es una excusa perfecta para acercarnos a la historia del movimiento, pero no ha logrado cautivarme.
Eso sí, he terminado la lectura arribísima gracias a la penúltima viñeta del cómic, que no voy a detallar para ahorrar spoilers, pero que me ha sacudido y emocionado mucho.
January 31, 2018
Bazen sahip olduğumuz hakların değerinin farkında olmadan, o hakları küçümsüyoruz ya... Hatta o haklarımızın gereksiz olduğunu veya aslında o haklara sahip olmamamız gerektiğini falan düşünenler var. Düşünme ve konuşma özgürlüğü, din seçme özgürlüğü, eğitim alma özgürlüğü, seçme ve seçilme özgürlüğü ve daha pek çok şey. Atatürk'ün bize bu hakları, biz mücadele etmeden vermesinin hata olup olmadığını düşündürttü bu kitap bana. Tatile gideceğim deyip oy kullanmayan yurtdaşlarım, neyin ne kadar farkında acaba... Kitap çok çok güzel. Herkese ama özellikle kadınlara öneririm, mutlaka okuyunuz okutturunuz.
July 12, 2018
A pesar de ser interesante, no veo que haya un verdadero argumento, parece más bien un libro de historia. Sin embargo, es cierto que nos habla de forma amena de la lucha para conseguir el voto de la mujer desde la perspectiva de Sally, y las viñetas merecen la pena.
April 24, 2020
This was a bit disappointing.
Visually, it's gorgeous, and I love the use of color.
However, from a narrative standpoint, well, there's not much of a narrative. It's vignettes of the suffrage movement in the UK, but it doesn't really follow a storyline. It jumps around all the time.
I thought it was going to deal with how different social classes dealt with the movement, since Sally is working-class, but from the very beginning Sally is involved with the upper-class ladies leading the movement, so all you see of that are VERY brief glimpses through Sally.
I honestly found the notes at the end the most interesting thing about the book.
Visually, it's gorgeous, and I love the use of color.
However, from a narrative standpoint, well, there's not much of a narrative. It's vignettes of the suffrage movement in the UK, but it doesn't really follow a storyline. It jumps around all the time.
I thought it was going to deal with how different social classes dealt with the movement, since Sally is working-class, but from the very beginning Sally is involved with the upper-class ladies leading the movement, so all you see of that are VERY brief glimpses through Sally.
I honestly found the notes at the end the most interesting thing about the book.
December 22, 2017
4.1/5
“Kadınlar meclisteki bazı meselelerin üstesinden daha iyi gelebilir. Örneğin kadınlar savaş çığırtkanlığı yapmaz, değil mi?”
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“Kadınlar meclisteki bazı meselelerin üstesinden daha iyi gelebilir. Örneğin kadınlar savaş çığırtkanlığı yapmaz, değil mi?”
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March 8, 2021
Las dos estrellas van íntegramente dirigidas 1) a las maravillosas ilustraciones y diseño y 2) a la calidad "académica" que tiene y lo bien documentado históricamente que está.
Pero resulta que para mí no es suficiente con eso. Necesito historia, desarrollo de personajes y un mínimo de trama que me mantenga atada a la novela. A pesar de su increíble valor documental no he encontrado nada de esto y me molesta porque se trata de una novela, no sé un libro de historia.
Buscaba un libro con ambientación en el movimiento sufragista durante los inicios del s.XX pero personajes, trama, desarrollo... Cosas. En su lugar me he topado con una serie de acontecimientos relatados, relevantes en este momento histórico y bastante desorganizados. No digo que sea malo, simplemente no es lo que esperaba ni buscaba.
Por no mencionar la verdadera guinda del pastel: la tipografía y traducción. Creo que la elección del tipo de letra en una novela gráfica es crucial y poner este pseudo comic sans es una broma pesada. La traducción la critico con la boca pequeña porque no conozco la versión original, pero me he tropezado con una interminable serie de batacazos que han molestado bastante.
No puedo decir mucho más. Como lectura temática para el 8M no ha estado mal, porque realmente se le saca provecho y la época histórica es fascinante. Se disfruta de una sentada con paciencia y una buena taza de té, pero para mí no merece más de dos estrellas.
Pero resulta que para mí no es suficiente con eso. Necesito historia, desarrollo de personajes y un mínimo de trama que me mantenga atada a la novela. A pesar de su increíble valor documental no he encontrado nada de esto y me molesta porque se trata de una novela, no sé un libro de historia.
Buscaba un libro con ambientación en el movimiento sufragista durante los inicios del s.XX pero personajes, trama, desarrollo... Cosas. En su lugar me he topado con una serie de acontecimientos relatados, relevantes en este momento histórico y bastante desorganizados. No digo que sea malo, simplemente no es lo que esperaba ni buscaba.
Por no mencionar la verdadera guinda del pastel: la tipografía y traducción. Creo que la elección del tipo de letra en una novela gráfica es crucial y poner este pseudo comic sans es una broma pesada. La traducción la critico con la boca pequeña porque no conozco la versión original, pero me he tropezado con una interminable serie de batacazos que han molestado bastante.
No puedo decir mucho más. Como lectura temática para el 8M no ha estado mal, porque realmente se le saca provecho y la época histórica es fascinante. Se disfruta de una sentada con paciencia y una buena taza de té, pero para mí no merece más de dos estrellas.
January 17, 2021
Encantaríame dicir que me gustou, porque a historia o merece e porque foi un regalo que lle fixen a unha amiga que logo mo prestou (e que vai ler isto)... así que queda feo dicir que non. Pero paréceme un cómic desacertado. Hai un esforzo de documentación moi grande, pero lonxe de mellorar a narración non fai máis que embarrala: por un lado, elíxese unha protagonista "anónima" para presentar o que supuxeron as sufraxistas; pero por outro, colócana en todos os momentos clave do movemento, que son metidos con calzador na trama e requiren case sempre dunha explicación, polo que as notas ao final son máis longas que o propio cómic. E o peor é que esas notas son máis interesantes que a propia narración, porque Sally Heathcote non é interesante nin como narradora nin como personaxe.
O resultado é que o libro non funciona nin como ficción nin como obra divulgativa. Con todo, valeu a pena para coñecer o movemento sufraxista e personaxes como Emmeline e Sylvia Pankhurst. Agardo ver pronto a película "Sufraxistas" para ver como aborda o mesmo tema.
O resultado é que o libro non funciona nin como ficción nin como obra divulgativa. Con todo, valeu a pena para coñecer o movemento sufraxista e personaxes como Emmeline e Sylvia Pankhurst. Agardo ver pronto a película "Sufraxistas" para ver como aborda o mesmo tema.
November 17, 2023
Una novela gráfica muy bien documentada, que engancha de principio a fin. Plasma muy bien la evolución del movimiento sufragista, sus figuras más destacadas, y los conflictos internos y las escisiones que se van produciendo dentro del movimiento. El final invita a hacer una reflexión necesaria. Como dato interesante, las viñetas incluyen pancartas y carteles reales utilizados por el movimiento sufragista.
January 23, 2018
La composición gráfica junto con todos los anexos, que incluyen una completa cronología de la lucha del movimiento sufragista y las completas notas con las traducciones de todos los lemas, pancartas y panfletos, hacen de esta novela gráfica una verdadera maravilla.
May 5, 2018
Es difícil hacer una reseña en esta ocasión, me ha gustado mucho, pero me ha dejado un gusto amargo, sobre todo lo última viñeta, creo que es una edición muy completa, aunque me quede con ganas de más. Es increíble la historia que algo mejor no valoramos suficientemente, es altamente recomendada para conocer más, que siempre es bueno
December 27, 2024
Un recordatori de com va costar d'aconseguir allò que avui no valorem gens. El final és un pessic al cor. Que no oblidem mai d'on venim i cap on podem tornar, sisplau.
January 14, 2024
Fantàstic per il•lustrar com va ser el camí per aconseguir el vot femení, tot el que van arriscar i una bona reflexió final sobre com ho valorem ara!
June 8, 2014
Sally Heathcoate follows a Northern maid who is drawn into the Suffragette movement by her employer, and who comes into contact with all the major names of the movement at one point or another. It is a compelling telling of the historic facts surrounding the fight for female rights that took place during the early 20th century, and highlights the factions and rivalries that existed within the movement, in a way that isn't often seen. I would say that using the format of a Graphic Novel and a fictional character to tell this type of story is a stroke of genius and it should bring the historic facts home to a great number of people who would otherwise have been unaware of the facts of this period. The artwork flows nicely, and incorporates pieces of legislation, letters etc into the story to illustrate further details of the political and social situation faced by women at the time. The gradual transformation of Lloyd George into a cat was a great visual representation of the infamous 'Cat and Mouse' Act that saw Suffragettes returned to prison time and time again for example.
I hope to see more titles along similar lines and genuinely think that this could be a useful resource for teaching the history of Women's rights.
I hope to see more titles along similar lines and genuinely think that this could be a useful resource for teaching the history of Women's rights.
February 2, 2017
Novela gráfica en la que nos cuenta como se desarrolló el movimiento sufragista en la Inglaterra de principios de s. XX a través de Sally, su protagonista, empleada doméstica en la casa de una de las fundadoras del movimiento.
Me ha parecido una buena novela gráfica para ir entendiendo el movimiento sufragista, los problemas que tuvieron, las armas que utilizaron para hacerse notar...
En cuanto a al dibujo y los colores que emplea (la novela es en blanco y negro pero resaltando los colores del movimiento: verde, blanco y morado; y el color pelirrojo del pelo de la protagonista) me ha parecido muy acertado, un buen recurso gráfico.
En general, me ha gustado la novela. Si queréis aproximaros a este tema, es una buena novela para empezar. Aunque no pretendáis encontrar una historia del sufragismo bien desarrollada, es una novela gráfica, para eso mejor leer una monografía o un libro más extenso sobre este tema.
Me ha parecido una buena novela gráfica para ir entendiendo el movimiento sufragista, los problemas que tuvieron, las armas que utilizaron para hacerse notar...
En cuanto a al dibujo y los colores que emplea (la novela es en blanco y negro pero resaltando los colores del movimiento: verde, blanco y morado; y el color pelirrojo del pelo de la protagonista) me ha parecido muy acertado, un buen recurso gráfico.
En general, me ha gustado la novela. Si queréis aproximaros a este tema, es una buena novela para empezar. Aunque no pretendáis encontrar una historia del sufragismo bien desarrollada, es una novela gráfica, para eso mejor leer una monografía o un libro más extenso sobre este tema.
July 23, 2018
Tebeo muy irregular que tanto funciona a la hora de contar la participación de un personaje en la lucha por conseguir el voto femenino como petardea al mostrar el movimiento social en el que se implica. Todo por un planteamiento descompensado, muy de incluir el mayor número posible de acciones sin apenas desarrollo, donde cuesta saber quién es quién y por qué piensa lo que piensa. Funciona mejor cuando se centra en la militancia de Sally y cómo le afecta a nivel personal. Una progresión que queda cercenada por un final apresurado, rollo "buff, hay que terminar el relato en 10 páginas que nos hemos pasado con la extensión". Gráficamente está mucho más cuidado, especialmente en la textura que proporciona la gama cromática y la elección de los colores para enfatizar ciertos detalles.
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