Violet Mary Doudney
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Violet Mary Doudney was a teacher and militant suffragette who went on hunger strike in Holloway Prison where she was force-fed. She was awarded the Hunger Strike Medal by the Women's Social and Polit
Violet Mary Doudney at St Hilda's College (c.1921)
Certificate awarded to Violet Doudney for her support and dedication to the Suffragette Movement, after she had endured a hunger strike and solitary confinement at Holloway Prison in 1912. Designed by Sylvia Pankhurst and signed by Emmeline Pankhurst.
Hunger Strike Medal awarded to Violet Doudney by the leadership of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) after her imprisonment at HM Prison Holloway in 1912
Suffragette
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A suffragette was a member or supporter of the British Women's Social and Political Union, an activist women's group agitating for votes for women, which in the early 20th century broke away from the
Violet Mary Doudney
…Violet Mary Doudney (5 March 1889 – 14 January 1952) was a teacher and militant suffragette who went on hunger strike in Holloway Prison where she was force-fed. She was awarded the Hunger Strike Medal by the Women's Social and Political Union…
Annie Kenney and Christabel Pankhurst of the WSPU in 1906
De La Rue playing cards back from 1910
Emmeline Pankhurst founded the WSPU in 1903 and became the most prominent of Britain's suffragettes.
Mannequin of Lilian Metge