COLLECTION NAME:
Guardian Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL18043806
Reference Number:
GDN/128/124
Parent Work Title:
Letter from Emmeline Pankhurst to C. P. Scott
Creator:
Pankhurst, Emmeline, 1858-1928
Creator Role:
Author
Publication Details:
1909-03-08
Description:
One sheet letter from Emmeline Pankhurst to Charles Prestwich Scott referring to the prison sentences of Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, suffragette, and Charlotte Despard, socialist reformer, for leading a deputation to the House of Commons. They were sentenced to two months and one month, respectively. She thinks that Mrs. Lawrence’s sentence should be reduced. She has concerns about her health and hears that she is now in hospital. Would he be able to help? The letter is on headed paper from the National Women's Social and Political Union
Keyword:
House of Commons; Crime.
Language:
English
Subject:
Women--Suffrage
Subject:
Social reform
Subject:
Politics and Government
Subject:
Women's rights
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Correspondence
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
20th Century CE
People Covered:
Scott, Charles Prestwich, 1846-1932
People Covered:
Pankhurst, Emmeline, 1858-1928
People Covered:
Despard, C. (Charlotte)
Item Height:
203 mm
Item Width:
260 mm
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
Reproduced courtesy of Guardian News and Media Ltd
Rights holder - Work:
Pankhurst Family
