
by
William Pett Ridge
London
C. ARTHUR PEARSON LIMITED
HENRIETTA STREET, W.C.
1898

by
William Pett Ridge
London
C. ARTHUR PEARSON LIMITED
HENRIETTA STREET, W.C.
1898
Pig and Pepper
CHAPTER IVTHE DEATH OF MY MOTHER— I MEET MISS CHRISTABEL PANKHURST — THE FIRST MILITANT ACT — THROWN OUT OF THE FREE TRADE HALL MEETING Christmas, 1904, and the beginning of the New Year, 1905, were weeks of sadness and grave anxiety on account of my mother’s health. She was too ill for Christmas festivities,…
CHAPTER X THROWN OUT OF THE LADIES’ GALLERY — I MEET LADY CONSTANCE LYTTON April 25th, 1906, was a red-letter day for me. I was to have a seat in the Ladies’ Gallery of the House of Commons, in order to join in a protest that had to be made. Mr. Keir Hardie introduced a…
Down the Rabbit-Hole
Reporter Elizabeth Banks goes undercover to expose the conditions of the working class — and more. Free download.
Chapter 2 All the members of the Gilliken Gang possessed the privilege which the London girl demands—that of having their evenings for their very own. Some were engaged in a large mineral water factory in Albany Road; two walked over Blackfriars Bridge to the City every morning; the remainder did nothing of a definite character….