In October 1909, the Battle of Newcastle took place when Chancellor David Lloyd George visited the city to deliver a speech ...

Rather than considering the suffragette’s demands and acting on them, the government instead, started to use force feeding methods on the hunger strikers. Prison officers poured liquid food ...

These twenty-eight were in a prison van and were being hauled to ... admit themselves pledged to support the pending women's suffrage bill if it is brought to a final vote before the end of ...

London, 10 August 1913 - Dr Pearson, the medical doctor of Holloway Prison, was attacked yesterday morning by a group of suffragettes who were waiting for him as he arrived for work. The ...

Yet, like most working class suffragettes, her contribution has gone under-acknowledged. Though McCallum — known as Jenny — served five days in Holloway prison, and was blacklisted for a year ...