Letter to Lady Constance [Georgina Bulwer-Lytton]
Title:
Letter to Lady Constance [Georgina Bulwer-Lytton]
Description:
Emmeline Pankhurst was arrested several times for her militant actions. She wrote this letter about the notorious Holloway Gaol, where she had been on hunger strike and was force-fed. The letter’s recipient, fellow suffragette Lady Constance Lytton, came from one of Britain’s leading families. She had sent Pankhurst a book. Pankhurst writes, “I was allowed to have a wardress with me all night for I was very weak & ill & I gave it to her to read. It was strange to watch her absorbed in reading as I lay on the floor wondering what would happen on the morrow.”
Creator:
Pankhurst, Emmeline
Date:
1914
Coverage:
London
Display Date:
23 March 1914
Hover Text:
Emmeline Pankhurst — suffragette
Published Item:
U
Item Index:
18
Item Sort:
1900s
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