CHAPTER XXV ESCAPADES — HUNGER STRIKES — SMUGGLED IN AN ACTRESS’S HAMPER — I VISIT THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY Gradually all the conspirators who had been tried with me were released. We compared notes; described our matrons, our doctors, our special wardresses, but I kept to myself the story of the taxi breakdown. I thought…
CHAPTER XXII INTERNAL DISCORD — THE FIRST SEPARATION From now until April 8th, 1913, when I was again arrested, my work lay chiefly in visiting Paris, reading proofs of the paper, making speeches, interviewing Militants, and in training Miss Grace Roe, who was to take my place in case of my arrest. My sister Jessie…
CHAPTER XIX ALBERT HALL RALLY — £5,000 RAISED — LORD LYTTON SUPPORTS US — MR. ASQUITH BETRAYS US — HUNDREDS ARRESTED Saturday, June 18th, 1910, was another great day for the Suffragettes. The Conciliation Bill was to be introduced. A procession was necessary, and more than a procession, an Albert Hall meeting. Never did a…
CHAPTER XVI NEWTON ABBOT BY – ELECTION — MY FOURTH ARREST — A PRIVATE INTERVIEW WITH MR. BALFOUR The next great event was the Newton Abbot By-election. This stands out in my memory because Mrs. Pankhurst was nearly killed by local Liberals when they heard that their candidate had been defeated. They were wild with…
CHAPTER XIII THE FIRST WOMEN’S PARLIAMENT — CLOGS AND SHAWLS COME TO LONDON — ARISTOCRACY JOINS THE MOVEMENT — MY FIRST VISIT ABROAD Nineteen hundred and seven was a red-letter year for me. In this year the first Women’s Parliament was held. We called it the Women’s Parliament, though the only thing discussed was Votes…
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…
CHAPTER VII A GENERAL ELECTION — WE OPPOSE MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL — WE INTERVIEW MR BALFOUR — I LEAVE MANCHESTER TO ROUSE LONDON WITH £2 — I MEET MR. W. T. STEAD Fortunately for the new Militant Party, there was a prospective Cabinet Minister who chose as his constituency North-West Manchester. To us the whole…
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 IChildhood All through my life, at least all my thinking life, I have been on a quest. My search has been with one object in view, and that object has been to find myself. I did not know when I started that Walt Whitman had said, “A man is not all included between his…
Chapter I The Two Little Girls who Laughed “I don’t want to — I don’t want to — I don’t want to — go to college — go to college — go to college. I don’t want to — go to college.” The words chanted themselves monotonously over and over in Elinor’s brain, keeping time…