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Tag Archives: WSPU

Suffragette Walk now starting at the Embankment

February 22, 2016

We have been researching where Suffragettes actually met up to chat about things. Many lived with their families or husbands …

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Were the Suffragettes Terrorists?

October 15, 2015

I was recently asked this question by a client. The simple answer is no. There were no deliberate attempts at …

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The End of the Suffragettes August 1914

July 26, 2014

Mrs Pankhurst escaped Britain at the end of July 1914 to avoid being sent back to prison as per the …

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Mrs Pankhurst’s birthday; centenary of final days of Suffragettes

July 15, 2014

Mrs Pankhurst was born July 15 1858. 100 years ago today she began her 56th birthday a free woman but …

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Mrs Pankhurst in prison for the last time – centenary

July 9, 2014

July 8th 1914 – Mrs Pankhurst was back in prison, rearrested as she attended Suffragette (WSPU) headquarters in Kingsway. In …

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Centenary of Prime Minister Asquith accepting women’s right to vote

June 24, 2014

This is Asquith’s reply to the six woman deputation from the East London Federation of Suffragettes whom he agreed to …

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Suffragette Derby – 101st anniversary of Emily Davison’s death

June 9, 2014

Emily Davison died in Epsom hospital from head injuries sustained at the 1913 Epsom Derby several days earlier. The tragic …

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Mrs Pankhurst’s Suffragettes struggling to continue – Centenary

June 5, 2014

The “Cat & Mouse” Act was winning the battle for the government in its conflict with the Suffragettes. Mrs Pankhurst’s …

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Sylvia Pankhurst and Suffragette late May centenaries

May 28, 2014

We’re at the end of a week of centenaries of Suffragette action. May 21 was the centenary of Mrs Pankhursts’s …

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Suffragette photograph on front cover of Suffragette Autumn Women’s Spring

February 26, 2014

The striking image on the front cover of my new novel Suffragette Autumn Women’s Spring is of Suffragette Kitty Marion. …

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