Daily Express Cartoons. Book 1. 1908
Asquith, H. H. (Herbert Henry), 1852-1928
Caricatures and cartoons--Great Britain
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Periodical containing cartoons reprinted from the London Daily Express. On the final page of this issue is a cartoon by artist,
Sidney Strube entitled "Far from the madding crowd." The illustration shows the Prime Minister, Herbert Henry Asquith, and First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill on "a cruise in Italian waters in teh Admiralty yacht Enchantress." Shown on the land are a group of protesters holding up "Votes for Women" signs while the men say:
Mr. Asquith: "How jolly to be out of it all!
Mr. Churchill: "Rather! And it's not costing us a penny."
Strube, Sidney Conrad, 1892-1956
London : Daily Express Ltd.
1905-03-22
16 p.
English
DOCU.1908.04
London, England
Clipping : "Suffragettes Sentenced to 5-Year Term: penal servitude for woman who threw hatchet at premier Asquith." [August 8, 1912]
Arrest
Baker, Mary Elizabeth, 1836-1913
Evans, Gladys, 1877-1967
Imprisonment
Leigh, Mary, 1885-1978
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Women prisoners--Great Britain--Political activity
Article about suffragists Mary Leigh and Gladys Evans, sentenced to five years' penal servitude. Lizzie Baker was also charged and sentenced to seven months imprisonment. Mabel Capper, was discharged for lack of evidence.
Leigh was convicted for throwing a hatchet at a carriage carrying Prime Minister, H.H. Asquith and instead, hit and injured John Redmond, a member of Parliament and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party. Evans was convicted for setting fire to the Theatre Royal.
[1912-08-08]
English
London, England
Clipping : "Suffragettes Fight Policemen All Night / Send Augustine Birrell to bed badly crippled and beaten, smash many windows." [November 23, 1910]
Arrest
Asquith, H. H. (Herbert Henry), 1852-1928
Birrell, Augustine, 1850-1933
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Pankhurst, Emmeline, 1858-1928
Suffragists--England--1910-1920
Violence
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Women's Social and Political Union (Great Britain)
Account of rioting by suffragists in England, where women stormed the home of Prime Minister Asquith, smashed windows in the homes of members of Parliament, and attacked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Augustine Birrell. 156 women were reportedly arrested and arraigned at the Bow Street Police Court.
Newspaper not identified. Year written on the clipping.
11/23/10
English
England
Clipping : "Suffragettes Mob Premier Asquith / Hundred women arrested during riot following assault on prime minister." [November 23, 1910]
Arrest
Asquith, H. H. (Herbert Henry), 1852-1928
Birrell, Augustine, 1850-1933
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Pankhurst, Christabel, Dame, 1880-1958
Suffragists--England--1910-1920
Violence
Williams, Henrietta
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Women's Social and Political Union (Great Britain)
Account of attack on the Prime Minister H.H. Asquith by suffragists following a session in the House of Commons where he made a campaign promise to postpone discussion of a suffrage bill until the next parliament. Rioting and violence continued throughout the night followed the attack on Asquith.
Newspaper not identified. Year written on the clipping.
11/22/10
English
England
Clipping : "Petticoat War Again in England / Militant Suffragettes Reopen Hostilities on Houses of Parliament and furnish Amusement of Some of the U.S. Sailors." [November 18, 1910]
Arrest
Asquith, H. H. (Herbert Henry), 1852-1928
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Pankhurst, Emmeline, 1858-1928
Suffragists--England--1910-1920
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Women's Social and Political Union (Great Britain)
Account of a suffrage demonstration on Parliament in England led by Emmeline Pankhurst. 82 suffragists and supporters were arrested after bypassing a police cordon and making it to Prime Minister Asquith to demand introduction of the woman suffrage bill.
Newspaper not identified. Year written on the clipping.
[11/18/1910]
English
England