University of Bristol
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In 1912, the WSPU began a massive campaign of destruction around London, smashing windows, vandalizing works of art, cutting telephone wires, and more.

On October 23, 1913, the Bristol University sports pavilion was burned down and suffragette literature was found nearby, with a note demanding the release from prison of a suffragette who had been arrested in London. Bristol student took revenge by trashing the WSPU shop, and setting fire to a pile of books, newspapers, and leaflets on the street outside. ]]>
Fife and drum corps
Marching bands
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Elmy, E. C. Wolstenholme (Elizabeth C. Wolstenholme)
Hyde Park (London, England)
Pankhurst, Emmeline, 1858-1928
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Emmeline Pankhurst was the leader of the Women's Social and Political Union. Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy, age 75, was a member of the WSPU.

This is a photograph of the first large WSPU demonstration, advertised as a "monster meeting." Suffragettes from all over the country attended and marched in seven processions through the capital to the rally in Hyde Park where they could hear over seventy speakers at twenty different platforms. Wolstenholme Elmy was the leader of one of the processions. ]]>
England--London
Holloway (London, England)
Pankhurst, Emmeline, 1858-1928
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Holloway (London, England)
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In the 1913 Derby she ran out on to the racetrack and attempted to stop the king's horse, Anmer. She received serious head injuries and died four days later at Epsom Cottage Hospital, surrounded by a suffragette guard of honour and purple, white and green flags. (Museum of London)]]>
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Mary Leigh was a member of the Women's Social and Political Union by 1907. She and Edith New became the first suffragette window smashers. Leigh served three prison sentences for her suffragette activities, and endured many episodes of forcible feeding. In 1909 she became drum-major of the WSPU drum and fife band, which often accompanied suffragette processions and demonstrations. (Museum of London)]]>
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Charlotte Marsh joined the Women's Social and Political Union in 1907. She did not, however, become active in the movement until 1908 when she finished her training as a sanitary inspector. During her first WSPU deputation to Parliament Square in June 1908 Charlotte was arrested for obstruction and imprisoned in Holloway for one month. The following year she became WSPU organiser in Yorkshire. (Museum of London)]]>
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Constance Lytton joined the WSPU in 1908. She served four prison sentences. Born into an aristocratic family, Lytton was dismayed at the special treatment she received from the authorities owing to her family connections. When arrested in Liverpool while disguised as a working class woman 'Jane Warton', she was sentenced to hard labour and forcibly fed when going on hunger strike. This exposed the worse treatment to which working class prisoners were subject. Lytton later suffered a stroke owing to her prison experiences. (Museum of London)]]>
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Rosamund Massy was the daughter of Lady Knyvett, also a member of the WSPU. Massy became a WSPU organiser and campaigned during many by-elections. She was imprisoned several times for her suffragette activities. (Museum of London)]]>

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