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Manuscripts
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<p style="text-align:left;">The Lewis collection includes a diverse assortment of materials that document the expanding role and status of women from the early nineteenth century until after women won the right to vote in 1920. Correspondence, conference programs, speeches, position papers, newsletters, sheet music, congressional reports, stock certificates, printed materials, and more present a view of the individuals and organizations that fought for and against political, economic, and social rights for women. <br /><br />The records primarily document the American suffrage movement; but also include material on the suffrage movement in England and several other European countries, as well as a wide range of issues including education, organized labor, social welfare, temperance, voter education, slavery, wartime experiences, and the women’s club movement.</p>
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Pamphlets
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23 cm.
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DOCU.1909.12
Title
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Pamphlet : Votes for women. [Speech in defence of members of the Women's Freedom League at Bow Street Police Court. August 19th, 1909].
Creator
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Women's Freedom League
Healy, T. M. (Timothy Michael), 1855-1931
Subject
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Arrest
Despard, C. (Charlotte)
Great Britain. Magistrates' Court (London : Bow Street)
Healy, T. M. (Timothy Michael), 1855-1931
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Women's Freedom League
Description
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On Thursday, August 19th 1909, eight members of the Women's Freedom League were arrested at different times in Downing Street, where they had gone to present a petition to Prime Minister, H.H. Asquith. The women were charged with 'obstructing the police in the execution of their duty'. Timothy Michael Healy, K.C., M.P. appeared for the defence. Sixteen women were tried in the Bow street police court and ten were sentenced to terms of imprisonment from one month to six weeks.
Healy (1855-1931) was an Irish Nationalist leader and a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Publisher
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London : Women's Freedom League
Date
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[1912]
Format
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16 p.
Language
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English
Arrest
Bow Street
Charlotte Despard
Court
Great Britain
Irish
London
Nationalist
Police
Prison
Timothy Michael Healy
Women's Freedom League