Clipping : "Suffragettes Get 4 Months Each in Jail / Mrs. Pankhurst, Mrs. Tukes and Mrs. Marshall Sentenced for Stone Throwing." [March 2, 1912]
Arrest
Pankhurst, Emmeline, 1858-1928
Marshall, Kitty
Suffragists--England--1910-1920
Violence
Tuke, Mabel
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Women's Social and Political Union (Great Britain)
News article details the sentencing of Emmeline Pankhurst, Mabel Tuke, and Kitty Marshall for smashing two of the windows of the Prime Minister's residence. While Scotland Yard was preparing for a suffrage demonstration scheduled for the following Monday, more than 100 women smashed windows of shops and department stores in London's West End and created other disturbances throughout the night. 142 women were arrested.
[1912-03-02]
English
London, England
Clipping : "Suffragettes' Big Gathering Proves Fiasco / 50 women are arrested while attempting meeting in Parliament Square." [March 5, 1912]
Arrest
Pankhurst, Emmeline, 1858-1928
Suffragists--England--1910-1920
Violence
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Women's Social and Political Union (Great Britain)
News article about a suffrage demonstration held in London only a few days after 142 women were arrested for smashing shop windows in London's West End. The article discusses the demonstration and the arrest of 50 women, and also the separate raids on suffrage headquarters by a group of medical students as retaliation against the organizations for the property damage.
[1912-03-05]
English
London, England