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Emily Davison wearing her Holloway brooch and hunger strike medal, c. 1910–1912. Emily Wilding Davison (11 October 1872 – 8 June 1913) was an English suffragette who fought for votes for women in Britain in the early twentieth century.
Mary Jane Clarke (née Goulden; 1862–1910) was a British suffragette. She died on Christmas Day 1910, two days after being released from prison, where she had been force-fed. She was described in her obituary by Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence as the suffragettes’ first martyr. She was the younger sister of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst.
A suffragette was a member of an activist women's organisation in the early 20th century who, ... and for fear of her becoming a martyr, [54] ...
Lady Constance Georgina Bulwer-Lytton (12 February 1869 [1] – 22 May 1923), usually known as Constance Lytton, was an influential British suffragette activist, writer, speaker and campaigner for prison reform, votes for women, and birth control.
Marjorie Hasler was born around 1887 in Ireland, with nothing else known about her early life or family.She joined the Irish Women's Franchise League (IWFL) in July 1910. . On 18 November 1910 Hasler was one of the Irish deputies who travelled to London to support Emmeline Pankhurst with her petition to H. H. Asquith, the British Prime Minist
Eva Gore-Booth (1870–1926) – poet, dramatist, suffragette, labour activist Anna Haslam (1829–1922) – founder of the Dublin Women's Suffrage Association Marjorie Hasler ( c. 1887 – 1913) – suffragette, "first martyr"
A viral black and white photo of women eating pie in 1921 is being shared on social media alongside a false caption.
Inez Milholland Boissevain (August 6, 1886 – November 25, 1916) was a leading American suffragist, lawyer, and peace activist.. From her college days at Vassar College, she campaigned aggressively for women’s rights as the principal issue of a wide-ranging socialist agenda.