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Joan Lavender Bailie Guthrie
Joan Lavender Bailie Guthrie or Laura Grey (1889–1914) was a British suffragette, and member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU). Life Guthrie was born in 1889 in Caistor, Lincolnshire Suffragist Guthrie joined the WSPU at the age of 18. In 1912, she took part in a window-smashing raid, for which she was imprisoned in HM Prison Holloway. During her time in prison, she contributed to Holloway Jingles, a book of poetry which was published by the Glasgow branch of the WSPU. Her poem ''To D.R.'' is thought to be dedicated to fellow suffragette Dorothea Rock. She took part in a hunger strike and was force fed. She received a hunger strike medal. It is thought that she developed an addiction to the barbiturate veronal, which eased the pain caused by the after effects of the force feeding. Guthrie was given a Hunger Strike Medal 'for Valour' by WSPU. Acting career After her release from prison she worked as an actor. Her first stage performance was in the pantomim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Social And Political Union
The Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was a women-only political movement and leading militant organisation campaigning for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom from 1903 to 1918. Known from 1906 as the suffragettes, its membership and policies were tightly controlled by Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters Christabel and Sylvia; Sylvia was eventually expelled. The WSPU membership became known for civil disobedience and direct action. Emmeline Pankhurst described them as engaging in a " reign of terror". Group members heckled politicians, held demonstrations and marches, broke the law to force arrests, broke windows in prominent buildings, set fire to or introduced chemicals into postboxes thus injuring several postal workers, and committed a series of arsons that killed at least five people and injured at least 24. When imprisoned, the group's members engaged in hunger strikes and were subject to force-feeding. Emmeline Pankhurst said the group's goal was "to ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
