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#Emilymatters – National Voter Registration Day

Filed in #Emilymatters, February 2014, NVRD by on February 5, 2014 0 Comments
#Emilymatters – National Voter Registration Day

Forcible feeding was torture, pure and simple. It left many suffragettes permanently damaged. Something worth remembering on National Voter Registration Day. ‪#‎NVRD‬ The 2014 production of  TO FREEDOM’S CAUSE  at the Houses of Parliament does not shy away from the brutality of forcible feeding. Women, such as Emily Davison, Sylvia Pankhurst and Mary Leigh put […]

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A Fond Farewell

Filed in March 2013, The Women's Library by on March 22, 2013
A Fond Farewell

A letter at the Women’s Library was the catalyst for my Emily Wilding Davison play TO FREEDOM’S CAUSE.  And for that I shall always be grateful. Therefore, my visit on Wednesday was tinged with sadness as the library closes its doors for the last time on its present purpose built site near Aldgate tube station […]

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