The suffragette Edith Margaret Garrud was born on 1872 in Bath. Her husband was William Garrud. She became a suffragette in 1909 and she often suffered harassment and attacks. She has been the first professional woman in martial arts instruction probabely in the world. She created the martial arts « suffrajitsu » for suffragettes . She kept suffragette leaders safe and out of police custody. She trained the Bodyguards unit of the Woman’s Social and Political Union (WSPU). Women learned to defend her rights and techniques of self defense. She died on 1917 at the age of 99. The actress who plays Edith Garrud in the film « Suffragette » is Bonham Carter.
Anna Adjiri–Baumann; Marine Coudreau; Djihan Ghedjati; Aaliyah Iken
