History is Herstory The Sweetest Empire is the story of women's fight to achieve the vote, told through the lives of six women. It tells of the enforced labour and child prostitution of Victorian times, the sufferings of the Suffragettes, the bravery of women nursing at the Front in WW1, and many other aspects of women's history. The novel vividly portrays the legal and moral constrictions that have existed for women from Victorian times through to the 1960's. The fictional framework encompasses real people including Emmeline Pankhurst and Emily Davison and is dedicated to 'successive generations of women who refused to know their place'. Reviews for Sally Patricia Gardner's novels: (Sally Gardner) really can write, I was reluctant to finish this lovely book... Tom Baker Your books are so truthful, I love truth in everything... Dora Bryan I really liked this book, which tells the story of hopes and fears, tragedies and achievements. ...Tony Benn Every woman should read this book and be proud and grateful to their predecessors who fought so hard to give us the freedom we now take so much for granted... JR Saunders (Amazon Reviewer) I was fascinated by this book... Prunella Scales Truly an amazing book which unites history, psychology, and gender identity issues in an amazingly engaging story... R.McClelland, Unbound Underground