They learned jiu-jitsu to fight cops. The patriarchy never saw it coming.
In 1913/14, the most radical women's rights activists in England formed a secret society to protect their sister suffragettes from assault and arrest. They trained in martial arts, carried concealed weapons and used ingenious evasion and deception tactics. These women were known as The Bodyguard, and this is their story.
Production
Rare archival footage of actual Bodyguard training.
Writing
Rescues history textbooks deliberately buried.
Director
Tony Wolf
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bartitsu, their martial art, was created by the same guy who inspired Sherlock Holmes's 'baritsu'—Conan Doyle misspelled it.
The Bodyguard's leader Edith Garrud once staged a public demonstration where she threw a cop across a stage. No footage survives because police seized cameras.
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