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Dr Miller says: “Hunger strikes were very prominent around the time of the Suffragette movement, from around 1909 to 1914, but when I was researching a book on the subject I found that in the ...
A partial hunger strike said to have been underway since Feb. 15 by some 70 men detained by federal immigration officials at Suffolk County House of Correction made news this week. Outside ...
HUNGER STRIKE SPREADS.; One Suffragette in Critical Condition After Fast of 151 Hours. Share full article. July 21, 1909. Credit... The New York Times Archives.
Hunger Strike of Suffragettes. Share full article. ETHEL C. AVERY. Aug. 7, 1909; Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from August 7, 1909, Page 6 Buy ...
A hunger strike medal awarded to a suffragette who refused to eat while on trial has been discovered after more than 100 years. The medal, which was found in a drawer, had belonged to Elsie Wolff ...
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 24, 1909 (UP) - Seven emaciated suffragettes appeared before a magistrate Tuesday to answer to the charge of disturbing a meeting presided over by War Secretary Haldane.
“Learning about the Black Friday of 1910 changed my perspective on suffragettes. They weren’t just early feminists, but genuine, certified badasses.” ...
The use of hunger strike as a tool of protest has three notable features. In the first case, ... Many of the suffragettes died during and as an after-effect of the force-feeding.
“And so it is through property that we will strike the enemy.” Before the events of Nov. 18, 1910, British suffragettes had suffered — literally — for their cause.
A hunger strike medal awarded to a suffragette who refused to eat while on trial has been discovered after more than 100 years. The medal, which was found in a drawer, had belonged to Elsie Wolff ...
On Nov. 18, 1910, to be exact, 300 women suffragettes marched to London’s Houses of Parliament to protest British Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith’s decision not to sign legislation that ...