Clipping : "Suffragettes' Big Gathering Proves Fiasco / 50 women are arrested while attempting meeting in Parliament Square." [March 5, 1912]

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Title

Clipping : "Suffragettes' Big Gathering Proves Fiasco / 50 women are arrested while attempting meeting in Parliament Square." [March 5, 1912]

Description

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.

Date

[1912-03-05]

Subject

Arrest
Pankhurst, Emmeline, 1858-1928
Suffragists--England--1910-1920
Violence
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Women's Social and Political Union (Great Britain)

Language

English

Coverage

London, England

Original Format

clippings (information artifacts)

Physical Dimensions

35 cm. 2 col.

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