Yours in the Cause

Cover of "Yours in the Cause", featuring a sketch of a woman sitting on a bench in a prsion cell, looking down at her hands. The cover has a purple and black striped border.

Slim booklet titled ‘Yours In The Cause: Suffragettes in Lewisham, Greenwich and Woolwich’ by Iris Dove. Published jointly by Lewisham Library Service and Greenwich Libraries. The cover image is a sketch made by Sylvia Pankhurst in Holloway Prison, from ‘Votes from Women’ newspaper, 7th January 1909.

The main section headings are:

  • The Background
  • Lewisham Suffragettes
  • Militancy
  • Local Response
  • And After…

Fully digitised (29 pages)

Item Details

Date: 1988

Catalogue record: GWL-2023-120-1

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Material: Paper

Size: H: 212 x W: 150 mm

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Cover of "Yours in the Cause", featuring a sketch of a woman sitting on a bench in a prsion cell, looking down at her hands. The cover has a purple and black striped border.
Yours in the Cause pamphlet

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We Deserve a Medal: Militant Suffrage Activism

The fight for women's suffrage in the UK grew and gained momentum throughout the Victorian era. WSPU activists, known as suffragettes, engaged in all sorts of law-breaking activities to raise the profile of the movement. At the time, these actions were considered shocking and divided public opinion, but suffragettes remained resolute. Thousands were arrested, imprisoned and force-fed.