Lucy Minnie Baldock was a British suffragette. Along with Annie Kenney, she co-founded the first branch in London of the Women's Social and Political Union.
Photograph of Minnie Baldock by Colonel L. Blathwayt, the father of Mary Blathwayt.
Baldock, left, handing out suffragettes leaflets in Nottingham in 1907
Minnie Baldock with Christabel Pankhurst and Edith New (date unknown)
Ann "Annie" Kenney was an English working-class suffragette and socialist feminist who became a leading figure in the Women's Social and Political Union. She co-founded its first branch in London with Minnie Baldock. Kenney attracted the attention of the press and public in 1905 when she and Christabel Pankhurst were imprisoned for several days for assault and obstruction related to the questioning of Sir Edward Grey at a Liberal rally in Manchester on the issue of votes for women. The incident is credited with inaugurating a new phase in the struggle for women's suffrage in the UK with the adoption of militant tactics. Annie had friendships with Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, Baroness Pethick-Lawrence, Mary Blathwayt, Clara Codd, Adela Pankhurst, and Christabel Pankhurst.
Kenney in 1909
Adela Pankhurst (standing) and Kenney, pictured in 1909 beside a tree planted by Emmeline Pankhurst
poster against the 'Cat and Mouse' Act