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Lady Constance Lytton (1869 1923), granddaughter of writer Edward Bulwer Lytton, was a passionate and militant suffragette. Lady Constance was influenced by her experience of visiting imprisoned activists and, in 1909, was tried and sent to Holloway prison for throwing stones at a ministerial car. Over the next few years she was imprisoned repeatedly for her part in demonstrations, and participated in a hunger strike which led to her being force-fed eight times. Painstakingly written with her left hand after a stroke, this moving and evocative memoir chronicles the author's conversion to the suffragette cause, her involvement in protests and her numerous spells of imprisonment. First published in 1914, this 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=lyttc
Synopsis
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
Synopsis
A moving and evocative account of a suffragette's experience of imprisonment, hunger strikes and force-feeding,first published in 1914.
Synopsis
Lady Constance Lytton (1869-1923) was a passionate suffragette and was imprisoned numerous times for her involvement in protests. This book, first published in 1914, is her vivid and moving description of prison conditions, hunger strikes and the trauma of force-feeding. A tale of inspiring stoicism.
Table of Contents
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.