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SUFFRAGETTE FELLOWSHIP MONUMENT

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A commemorative monument to formerly imprisoned campaigners for women's suffrage, erected in 1970, by Edwin Russell. It is situated in Christchurch gardens, Victoria Road, London, SW1. It takes the form of an upright bronzed glass fibre scroll bearing the badges of those members of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) and the Women's Freedom League who had been imprisoned (many in Holloway Prison) in the course of their campaigning between 1904-1914. There is also a dedicatory inscription to those involved in their cause, noting that it was erected by the Suffragette Fellowship. This latter group was founded in 1926 with the role of commemorating the women's suffrage movement of 1904-1915, especially the militant campaigners. Fittingly the monument had been unveiled by Lillian Lenton, a former militant campaigner who had been on hunger-strike and force-fed whilst imprisoned for acts of arson committed as part of the campaign. On one occasion she became seriously ill as a result of the force feeding, which brought publicity to the suffrage cause. Lenton had also spent time evading recapture.

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The Suffragette Fellowship monument: a monument to the women's suffrage movement erected in 1970, by Edwin Russell. It is situated in Christchurch gardens, Victoria Road, London, SW1. It takes the form of an upright Bronze Scroll with the symbol of the Women's Social and Political Union's prisoners from 1904 to 1914 and a dedicatory inscription to those involved in their cause. (1)

A commemorative monument to formerly imprisoned campaigners for women's suffrage, erected in 1970 and unveiled by Lillian Lenton, a former militant campaigner who had been on hunger-strike and on once occasion, force-fed, whilst imprisoned for acts of arson as part of the campaign. On one occasion she became seriously ill as a result of the force feeding, which brought publicity to the suffrage cause. Lenton had also spent time evading recapture. (A short biography of Lillian Lenton is on pp341-2). The monument is situated in Christchurch Gardens. It takes the form of an upright bronzed glass fibre scroll bearing the badges of those members of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) and the Women's Freedom League who had been imprisoned in the course of their campaigning between 1904-1914. There is also an inscription noting that it was erected by the Suffragette Fellowship. This latter group was founded in 1926 with the role of commemorating the women's suffrage movement of 1904-1915, especially the militant campaigners. The inscription reads: "This tribute is erected by the Suffragette Fellowship to commemorate the courage and perseverance of all those men and women who in the long struggle for votes for women selflessly braved derision, opposition and ostracism, many enduring physical violence and suffering". (2)

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(1) World Wide Web page

Westminster council. No date. 'Suffrage themes leaflet' http://www.citythemes.co.uk/pdffiles/suffrage.pdf [Accessed 16-JUL-2010]

(2) Elizabeth Crawford 1999 The Women's Suffrage Movement A Reference Guide 1866-1928

Page(s)341-2, 663-664

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