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The Suffragette was a newspaper associated with the women's suffrage movement in the United Kingdom, as "the Official Organ of the Women’s Social and Political Union" (WSPU). It replaced the previous journal of the organization, Vote for Women , in 1912, and its name changed to Britannia after the outbreak of World War I .
The couple became joint editors of the newspaper, [1] which was published by the St. Clement's Press. It was adopted as the official newspaper of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), already the leading militant suffragette organisation in the country. [2] Many copies were sold by WSPU members standing on the street. [3]
Both suffragettes and police spoke of a "Reign of Terror"; newspaper headlines referred to "Suffragette Terrorism". [45] One suffragette, Emily Davison, died under the King's horse, Anmer, at The Derby on 4 June 1913. It is debated whether she was trying to pull down the horse, attach a suffragette scarf or banner to it, or commit suicide to ...
Agnes Lake (1887–1972) – business manager of the WSPU’s newspaper The Suffragette and hunger striker; Aeta Adelaide Lamb (1886–1928) – longest serving organiser in the WSPU; George Lansbury (1859–1940) – social reformer and politician who allied himself with the WSPU
Lady Constance Georgina Bulwer-Lytton (12 February 1869 [1] – 22 May 1923), usually known as Constance Lytton, was an influential British suffragette activist, writer, speaker and campaigner for prison reform, votes for women, and birth control.
She was involved in the setting up of the Suffragette Fellowship with Edith How-Martyn to document the women's suffrage movement. [33] Pethick-Lawrence was also involved with the Women's League of Unity, alongside Flora Drummond , which attempted to establish a women's newspaper in 1938-1939. [ 34 ]
Rachel Barrett (12 November 1874 – 26 August 1953) was a Welsh suffragette and newspaper editor born in Carmarthen.Educated at the University College of Wales in Aberystwyth she became a science teacher, but quit her job in 1906 on hearing Nellie Martel speak of women's suffrage, joined the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) and moved to London.
Christabel Pankhurst set up a new weekly WSPU newspaper at this time named The Suffragette. [20] The newspaper began devoting double-page spreads to reporting the bomb and arson attacks that were now regularly occurring around the country. [21] [22] This became the method by which the organisation claimed responsibility for each attack. [23]