A couple walks past a mural of Bobby Sands in the Falls Road, Belfast. Republican Sands died in prison in 1981 after a 66-day hunger strike (Getty) When Falklands veteran Gus Hales wanted to ...

HUNGER STRIKE SPREADS.; One Suffragette in Critical Condition After Fast of 151 Hours. July 21, 1909 The New York Times Archives See the article in its original context from July 21, 1909, Page 1 ...

Miss Wallace Dunlop, who started this “hunger strike,” was told that she would be fed by force. She answered, in substance: “You can feed me by force, but can you keep on feeding 100 women ...

A hunger strike medal awarded to a suffragette who refused to eat while on trial has been discovered after more than 100 years.

Hunger strikes are often about highlighting abusive conditions within a prison system as well part of broader political movements.

Since their imprisonment a week ago the suffragettes followed their custom of declaring a hunger strike and refusing to eat the prison fare.

Some made shirts for inmates at London’s men’s prison, sewing the message “Votes for Women’‘ into shirt tails. Yet, some imprisoned suffragettes elected to go on a hunger strike.

Some made shirts for inmates at London’s men’s prison, sewing the message “Votes for Women’‘ into shirt tails. Yet, some imprisoned suffragettes elected to go on a hunger strike.

A hunger strike medal awarded to a suffragette who refused to eat while on trial has been discovered after more than 100 years.

Some made shirts for inmates at London’s men’s prison, sewing the message “Votes for Women’‘ into shirt tails. Yet, some imprisoned suffragettes elected to go on a hunger strike.

Some made shirts for inmates at London’s men’s prison, sewing the message “Votes for Women’‘ into shirt tails. Yet, some imprisoned suffragettes elected to go on a hunger strike.