Clipping : "Women Cheer for Coat and Pants / Suffragists Spoil John Redmond's Talk" [December 7, 1912]
Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947
Demonstrations--Great Britain--1910-1920
Hotel Astor (New York, N.Y.)
Redmond, John Edward, 1856-1918
Women--Clothing & dress--1910-1920
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Women--Suffrage-New York
Two articles:
The first is an article about a suffrage gathering at the Hotel Astor in New York City, where Carrie Chapman Catt mentioned Chinese women as leaders in clothing and dress.
The second is an article about English suffragettes who disrupted and were thrown out of a speech by John Redmond, a member of Parliament and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, at a home rule demonstration in Dalston.
[1912-12-07]
English
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