October 1, 2013
An urgent plea
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Responding to... The telegram...; The discovery that started it all...
Suffragette Journalism Game
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- The telegram... by Mary Leigh
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September 27, 2013
The telegram...
Respond to this post.The article was startling. I hadn't realized the Movement had been so violent. I rummaged around in the trunk some more and discovered a yellowed telegram near the bottom.
Responding to... Suffragette 'plot to assassinate Asquith'
September 24, 2013
Suffragette 'plot to assassinate Asquith'
Respond to this post.Suffragettes plotted to assassinate Herbert Asquith, the Liberal prime minister, as part of their campaign to achieve votes for women, according to a file released yesterday at the National Archives.
Scotland Yard was warned that two members of the movement were perfecting their pistol shooting in the hope of killing Asquith as he arrived at the House of Commons. They were never caught.
The plot was disclosed by a Mrs Moore, a member of the Women's Freedom League who believed in peaceful protest and feared more militant campaigners were about to resort to extreme measures. She may have been the actress Eva Moore, a suffragist campaigner and friend of Asquith's sister-in-law...Continue Reading
Responding to... The discovery that started it all...
September 23, 2013
The discovery that started it all...
Respond to this post.I found this photograph in a newspaper clipping in my mother's trunk, along with some musty-smelling scarves, a rusty letter opener, and a faded U.S. flag. She had always fallen strangely silent when asked about the movement; perhaps now I might finally learn more about that momentous day in her life. I began to read:
