Letters of Constance Lytton
Author: Constance G. Lytton
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Published: 1925
Total Pages: 272
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Author: Constance G. Lytton
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Published: 1925
Total Pages: 272
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Constance Lytton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-11-13
Total Pages: 327
ISBN-13: 1108078567
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1925, this selection provides insight into the life of an influential figure in the women's suffrage movement.
Author: Constance Lytton
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Published: 1925
Total Pages: 272
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lyndsey Jenkins
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Published: 2015-03-12
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1849548927
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLady Constance Lytton (1869-1923) was the most unlikely of suffragettes. One of the elite, she was the daughter of a Viceroy of India and a lady in waiting to the Queen. She grew up in the family home of Knebworth and in embassies around the world. For forty years, she did nothing but devote herself to her family, denying herself the love of her life and possible careers as a musician or a reviewer. Then came a chance encounter with a suffragette. Constance was intrigued; witnessing Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst on trial convinced her of the urgent necessity of votes for women and she went to prison for the cause as gleefully as any child going on a school trip. But, once jailed, Constance soon found that her name and her connections singled her out for unwelcome special treatment. By now, 1909, the suffragettes were hunger striking and the government had retaliated with force-feeding. The stories that began to leak out - of bungled operations, of dirty tubes, of screams half-heard through brick walls, of straitjackets and handcuff s - outraged the suffragettes. Constance decided on her most radical step yet: to go to prison in disguise. Taking the name Jane Warton, she cut her hair, put on glasses and ugly clothes and got herself arrested in Liverpool. Once in prison, she was force-fed eight times before her identity was discovered and she was released. Her case became a cause célèbre, with debate raging in The Times and questions being asked in the House of Commons. Lady Constance Lytton became an inspiration and, in the end, a martyr. In this extraordinary new biography, Lyndsey Jenkins reveals for the first time the fascinating story of the woman who abandoned a life of privilege to fight for women's rights.
Author: Lady Constance Lytton
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Published: 1914
Total Pages: 490
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn 14 January 1910 Lytton disguised herself as a working-class seamstress, assumed the name Jane Warton, and led a suffrage demonstration demanding the vote for women. During the demonstration she hurled a rock wrapped in brown paper at the house of the governor of Walton Gaol. For this act, she was arrested, tried, and sentenced to fourteen days in jail. Like many suffragettes, she refused to eat while in custody and was forcibly fed, which involved forcing the mouth open, running a tube down the throat or through the nose, and pouring liquid into it. The procedure was both painful and dangerous. Lytton's decision to conceal her upper-class identity was a deliberately calculated act. She was devoted to the cause of female suffrage and was appalled at the class-differentiated treatment women (regardless of their offence) received in jail. This is an account of her prison experience and the differences when she was arrested as a middle class women and when she was arrested as Lady Constance Lytton, the daughter of an earl.
Author: Baroness Rosina Bulwer Lytton Lytton
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Published: 1914
Total Pages: 402
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Published: 1849
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Constance Lytton
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2020-08-05
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 3752410396
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReproduction of the original: Prisons & Prisoners by Constance Lytton
Author: Constance Miller
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 150
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Sandra Holton
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-01-04
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 1134610645
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVotes for Women provides an innovative re-examination of the suffrage movement, presenting new perspectives which challenge the existing literature on this subject. This fascinating book charts the history of the movement in Britain from the nineteenth century to the postwar period, assessing important figures such as; * Emmeline Pankhurst and the militant wing * Millicent Garrett Fawcett, leader of the constitutional wing *Jennie Baines and her link with the international suffrage movements.