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Person / Body: Nevinson, Margaret Wynne
Person / Body: Women's Freedom League
Stapled paper booklet "FIVE YEARS' STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM / A HISTORY OF THE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT 1908-1912". Written by Margaret Wynne Nevinson. Published by the Women's Freedom League. Handwitten notes on cover dates at which votes for women were obtained. One of a collection of items belonging to Welsh suffrage activist Kate Williams Evans.
Kate Williams Evans, born in Montgomeryshire in 1866, was sentenced to 2 months hard labour for malicious damage, having smashed a window in a government building in London. She served 54 days in Holloway Prison in March-April 1912, during which she went on hunger strike. after returning to Montgomeryshire later that year, Kate was active in the Women's Freedom League.
Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F2018.25.15
Creation/Production
Nevinson, Margaret Wynne
Role: author
Women's Freedom League
Role: publisher
Date: 1908 - 1912 –
Acquisition
Purchase, 15/8/2018
Measurements
length (mm):215
width (mm):138
Material
paper
metal
Location
In store
Categories
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