Postcard : Band of the Women's Social & Political Union. [Circa 1909-1910]
Leigh, Mary, c.1855
Fife and drum corps
Marching bands
Women's Social and Political Union (Great Britain)
Photographic postcard of the fife and drum marching band, founded in 1909, which often accompanied the organization's processions and demonstrations. The band was created to publicize the Women's Exhibition at the Prince's Skating Rink. WSPU member, Mary Leigh (far left) was the Drum Major.
London : Merchant's Portrait
[Circa 1909-1910]
Postcard : Mrs. Mary Leigh. [Circa 1905-1914]
Leigh, Mary, c.1855
Women's Social and Political Union (Great Britain)
Postcard with photographic portrait of Mary Leigh, National Women's Social and Political Union, with the organization's address.
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)
Women's Social and Political Union (Great Britain)
[Circa 1905-1914]
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
Le Petit journal: supplement illustre. No. 1,011. April 3, 1910
Clermont-Ferrand (France) -- Newspapers
England--suffragists
France -- Clermont-Ferrand
Holloway Jail, London
Leigh, Mary
Magazine illustration
New, Edith
Paris (France) -- Newspapers
Prisoners
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Le Petit Journal, or “The Little Newspaper”, was a daily newspaper published from 1863 to 1944. In 1884, the paper began to include a weekly illustrated supplement.
This issue includes, on page 112, an illustration with the caption: "A Tip from the English suffragettes. Disguised as firefighters they roam an area of London on a fire engine."
In French: "Un Truc des suffragettes anglaises. Deguisees en pompiers elle parcourent un quartier de Londres sur une pompe a incendie."
Paris, Le Petit journal
1908-09-06
French
Text
France
Published from 1890 to 1920