Bibliograph

Lady Constance Lytton, aristocrat, suffragette, martyr, Lyndsey Jenkins ; foreword by Helen Pankhurst

Type

Label

Lady Constance Lytton, aristocrat, suffragette, martyr, Lyndsey Jenkins ; foreword by Helen Pankhurst

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-272) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Lady Constance Lytton

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

907693436

Responsibility statement

Lyndsey Jenkins ; foreword by Helen Pankhurst

Sub title

aristocrat, suffragette, martyr

Summary

Lady Constance Lytton was the most unlikely of suffragettes. The daughter of a Viceroy of India and herself a lady in waiting to the Queen, a chance encounter with a suffragette suddenly gave her life a purpose. She was converted to the cause of women's suffrage and went to prison, but Constance soon found that her name and class singled her out for privileged treatment. So she decided to go to prison in disguise, getting herself arrested in Liverpool. She was force-fed 8 times before her identity was discovered and she was released

Table Of Contents

Diplomat's Daughter -- A Misfit among Eccentrics -- The Ponsonbys -- The Cause -- The Pankhursts -- Holloway -- Militant -- Becoming Jane -- Conciliation -- Betrayal -- Paralysis -- Twelve The Price of Victory

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