Buch, Englisch, 356 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 502 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
Some Personal Experiences
Buch, Englisch, 356 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 502 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
ISBN: 978-1-108-02222-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Lady Constance Bulwer-Lytton (1869–1923), granddaughter of writer Edward Bulwer Lytton, became a passionate and militant suffragette after visiting imprisoned activists in 1905. She was arrested twice in 1909, on one occasion for throwing stones at a ministerial car, but was soon released. In 1910, to test whether the treatment of women prisoners differed depending on their class, she created a working-class alter ego, Jane Warton, for a protest in Liverpool. Under that name she was imprisoned and participated in a hunger strike that led to her being force-fed eight times, permanently damaging her health. This account of her experiences, first published in 1914, is a moving insight into the experiences of women who risked their lives and endured great suffering to secure the right to vote. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=lyttco
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Dedication; 1. Introduction; 2. My conversion; 3. A deputation to the Prime Minister; 4. Police Court trial; 5. Holloway Prison: my first imprisonment; 6. The hospital; 7. Some types of prisoner; 8. 'A track to the water's edge'; 9. From the cells; 10. Newcastle: police station cell; 11. Newcastle prison: my second imprisonment; 12. Jane Watson; 13. Walton Gaol, Liverpool: my third imprisonment; 14. The Home Office; 15. The Conciliation Bill; 16. Holloway Prison: my fourth imprisonment.
