Name/TitleMemories of a Militant
EditionPresentation copy
MakerKenney, Annie
Maker RoleAuthor
About this objectHardback book with suffragette colours forming the cover, titled 'Memories of a Militant' by Annie Kenney. With portraits. The contents are:
I Childhood
II Girlhood
III I Leave School - The Year of My Confirmation
IV The Death of My Mother - I Meet Miss Christabel Pankhurst - The First Militant Act - Thrown Out of the Free Trade Hall Meeting
V Sentenced to Three Days' Imprisonment in Strangeways Gaol
VI My First Visit to London - The Great Liberal Rally - Thrown Out of the Albert Hall
VII A General Election - We Oppose Mr Winston Churchhill - We Interview Mr Balfour - I Leave Manchester to Rouse London with £2 - I Meet Mr W.T. Stead
VIII Our First Public Meeting - Caxton Hall - Mr and Mrs Pethick Lawrence Join the Movement
IX An Empty Exchequer
X Thrown Out of the Ladies Gallery - I Meet Lady Constance Lytton
XI The First London Arrests - Myself and Two East End Women - Sentenced to Two Months in Holloway Prison
XII I Visit Mr Asquith's Constituency: East Fife - We Storm Parliament - Many Arrests - The Beginning of Militancy in London - Holloway - The Old Suffrage Societies Give the Militants a Dinner On Their Release
XIII The First Women's Parliament - Clogs and Shawls Come to London - Aristocracy Joins the Movement - My First Visit Abroad
XIV My Visit to Germany - German Suffragists - We Start a Paper
XV I Visit Switzerland - The Pit-Brow Women Come to London and Visit Parliament
XVI Newton Abbot By-Election - My Fourth Arrest - A Private Interview with Mr Balfour
XVII The Hunger Strike - Jane Wharton
XIII The Conciliation Bill - The Oberammergau Passion Play
XIX Albert Hall Rally - £5,000 Raised - Lord Lytton Supports Us - Mr Asquith Betrays Us - Hundreds Arrested
XX Extreme Militancy - Christabel Pankhurst Eludes Pres, Police, Parliament
XXI Greater Responsibilities
XXII Internal Discord - The First Separation
XXIII Mr Lloyd George and Sir Edward Grey Receive a Public Deputation - Fireworks - A Private Interview with Mr Lloyd George
XXIV The Reform Bill - The Women Tricked - Cat and Mouse Act - Albert Hall Meeting: £15,000 Raised - Arrested - Maidstone Prison
XXV Escapades - Hunger Strikes - Smuggled in an Actresses' Hamper - I Visit the Archbishop of Canterbury
XXVI The Outbreak of War
XXVII America
XXVIII The War - Mr Lloyd George Approaches Us - Our Munitions Word - Lord Northcliffe - I Visit Australia
XXIX Victory - Women Voters
XXX Conclusion
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, board and paper
MeasurementsH: 224 x W: 147 x D: 41 mm
Date Made1924
PeriodLate 19th - early 20th century
Place MadeEngland, London
PublisherEdward Arnold & Co.
Publication Date1924
Publication PlaceEngland, London
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Kenney:
Ann "Annie" Kenney (13 September 1879 – 9 July 1953) was an English working-class suffragette and socialist feminist who became a leading figure in the Women's Social and Political Union. She co-founded its first branch in London with Minnie Baldock. Kenney attracted the attention of the press and public in 1905 when she and Christabel Pankhurst were imprisoned for several days for assault and obstruction related to the questioning of Sir Edward Grey at a Liberal rally in Manchester on the issue of votes for women. The incident is credited with inaugurating a new phase in the struggle for women's suffrage in the UK with the adoption of militant tactics. Annie had friendships with Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, Baroness Pethick-Lawrence, Mary Blathwayt, Clara Codd, Adela Pankhurst, and Christabel Pankhurst.
Subject and Association Keywords(auto) biography
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's suffrage, right to vote
Subject and Association Keywordssuffragettes, militant suffrage campaign
Subject and Association Keywordspolitics, political activism
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBook
Object numberGWL-2011-11-14
Spine LabelMEMORIES OF A MILITANT ~ ANNIE KENNEY ~ ARNOLD
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved