"to railings, smashed windows, set fire to postboxes and empty buildings, set bombs in order to damage churches and property, and faced anger and ridicule in the media. When imprisoned they went on hunger strike, to which the government responded by force-feeding them. The death of one suffragette, Emily Davison, when she ran in front of the king's horse at the 1913 Epsom Derby, made headlines around the world. The WSPU campaign had varying levels of support from within the suffragette movement; breakaway groups formed, and within the WSPU itself not all members supported the direct action. The suffragette campaign"
"Marjorie Hasler Marjorie Hasler (c.1887 – 31 March 1913) was an Irish suffragette, deemed to be ""the first Irish martyr for the [suffragette] cause"". Marjorie Hasler was born around 1887 in Ireland, with nothing else known about her early life or family. She joined the Irish Women's Franchise League (IWFL) in July 1910. On 18 November 1910 Hasler was one of the Irish deputies who travelled to London to support Emmeline Pankhurst with her petition to H. H. Asquith, the British Prime Minister. In the ensuing violence of this day, which became known as ""Black Friday"", Hasler suffered a head"
"René Goupil René Goupil, S.J. (15 May 1608 – 29 September 1642), was a French Jesuit lay missionary (in French ""donné"", ""given"", or ""one who offers himself"") who became a lay brother of the Society of Jesus shortly before his death. He was the first of the eight North American Martyrs of the Roman Catholic Church to receive the crown of martyrdom and the first canonized Catholic martyr in North America. Goupil was baptized in St-Martin-du-Bois, near Angers, in the ancient Province of Anjou, on 15 May 1608, the son of Hipolite and Luce Provost Goupil. He was working as"
"Sarah Jane Baines Sarah Jane Baines (30 November 1866 – 20 February 1951) was a British-Australian feminist, suffragette and social reformer. She was the first suffragette to be tried by jury. Sarah Jane Baines was born in Birmingham, England, in 1866 to Sarah Ann (""née"" Hunt) and James Edward Hunt, a gun maker. She began work at Joseph Chamberlain's ordnance factory aged eleven. At age fourteen, she joined her parents in working with the Salvation Army. Upon attaining the rank of lieutenant, now aged twenty, she was sent to work as an evangelist in an independent working men's mission in"
"named after him. René Goupil René Goupil, S.J. (15 May 1608 – 29 September 1642), was a French Jesuit lay missionary (in French ""donné"", ""given"", or ""one who offers himself"") who became a lay brother of the Society of Jesus shortly before his death. He was the first of the eight North American Martyrs of the Roman Catholic Church to receive the crown of martyrdom and the first canonized Catholic martyr in North America. Goupil was baptized in St-Martin-du-Bois, near Angers, in the ancient Province of Anjou, on 15 May 1608, the son of Hipolite and Luce Provost Goupil. He"
"John Houghton (martyr) Saint John Houghton, O.Cart., (c. 1486 – 4 May 1535) was a Carthusian hermit and Catholic priest and the first English Catholic martyr to die as a result of the Act of Supremacy by King Henry VIII of England. He was also the first member of his Order to die as a martyr. Born around 1487, he was (according to one of his fellow Carthusians) educated at Cambridge, but cannot be identified among surviving records. Similarly, no certain records can be found of his ordination. He joined the London Charterhouse in 1516, progressed to be sacristan in"
"The Martyrdom of Saint Symphorian The Martyrdom of Saint Symphorian is an 1834 painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. It shows the death of Saint Symphorian, the first Christian martyr in Gaul. Painted in oil on canvas and measuring 407 x 339 cm, it is now in Autun Cathedral. Although Ingres considered the painting—completed only after ten years of diligent work—one of his crowning achievements, it was criticized harshly when he exhibited it in the Paris Salon of 1834. It subsequently has been considered emblematic of Ingres' misguided ambition to excel as a history painter. Frustrated during the early part of his"
"in the highest sense, but to submit and tolerate the evils which exist is to merely vegetate in the sewers of iniquity. Jennie Baines quoted in ""The Socialist"", 11 April 1919. Sarah Jane Baines Sarah Jane Baines (30 November 1866 – 20 February 1951) was a British-Australian feminist, suffragette and social reformer. She was the first suffragette to be tried by jury. Sarah Jane Baines was born in Birmingham, England, in 1866 to Sarah Ann (""née"" Hunt) and James Edward Hunt, a gun maker. She began work at Joseph Chamberlain's ordnance factory aged eleven. At age fourteen, she joined her"
"because they objected to the Liberal Party's policy which was against women getting the vote. Fonblanque died at her home in [[Duncton]] in 1949. She was buried in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Anglican church and she had ""Originator and leader of the women's suffrage march from Edinburgh to London 1912"" carved on her gravestone at her request. [[Category:1864 births]] [[Category:1949 deaths]] [[Category:People from London]] Florence Gertrude de Fonblanque Florence Gertrude de Fonblanque born Florence Gertrude Sparagnapane (22 July 1864 – 2 December 1949) was a United Kingdom suffragist. She was the ""Originator and leader of the women's suffrage march"
"Hugh Franklin (suffragist) Hugh Arthur Franklin (27 May 1889 – 21 October 1962) was a British suffragist and politician. Born into a wealthy Anglo-Jewish family, he rejected both his religious and social upbringing to protest for women's suffrage. Joining in with the militant suffragettes, he was sent to prison multiple times, making him one of the few men to be imprisoned for his part in the suffrage movement. His crimes included an attempted attack on Winston Churchill and an act of arson on a train. He was the first person to be released under the Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill"
"England, there is a painting depicting the martyrdom of the three priors. After his death, his body was chopped to pieces and hung in different parts of London. He was beatified on 9 December 1886 and canonized on 25 October 1970. John Houghton (martyr) Saint John Houghton, O.Cart., (c. 1486 – 4 May 1535) was a Carthusian hermit and Catholic priest and the first English Catholic martyr to die as a result of the Act of Supremacy by King Henry VIII of England. He was also the first member of his Order to die as a martyr. Born around 1487,"
"Marguerite de Witt-Schlumberger Marguerite de Witt-Schlumberger (20 January 1853 – 23 October 1924) was a French campaigner for pronatalism, alcoholic abstinence, and feminism. She was the president of the French Union for Women's Suffrage (""Union française pour le suffrage des femmes"" / UFSF) movement. She married into the Schlumberger family and became a powerfully influential matriarch and the mother of several sons who achieved notability in their own right. For her active involvement and service to the government, she was awarded the Grand Croix of the French Legion of Honour in 1920. Marguerite de Witt was the daughter of ,"
"in her honour. Her name and picture (and those of 58 other women's suffrage supporters) are on the plinth of the statue of Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square, London. Charlotte Despard Charlotte Despard (née French) (15 June 1844 – 10 November 1939) was an Anglo-Irish suffragist, socialist, pacifist, Sinn Féin activist, and novelist. She was a founding member of the Women's Freedom League, Women's Peace Crusade, and the Irish Women's Franchise League, and an activist in a wide range of political organizations over the course of her life, including among others the Women's Social and Political Union, Labour Party, Cumann"
"Wiborada Saint Wiborada of St. Gall (also Guiborat, Weibrath or Viborata) (died 926) was a member of the Swabian nobility in what is present-day Switzerland. She was an anchoress, Benedictine nun, and martyr, as well as the first woman formally canonized by the Catholic Church. Her biography was written ca. 1075 by Herimannus, a monk of the Abbey of Saint Gall. There are two biographies of Wiborada: one by Hartmann, a monk of St. Gall, written between 993 and 1047; and another written between 1072 and 1076 by the monk Herimannus. Wiborada was born to a wealthy noble family in"
"anachronistic, being a halberd, which did not come into existence until the 15th century. Wiborada Saint Wiborada of St. Gall (also Guiborat, Weibrath or Viborata) (died 926) was a member of the Swabian nobility in what is present-day Switzerland. She was an anchoress, Benedictine nun, and martyr, as well as the first woman formally canonized by the Catholic Church. Her biography was written ca. 1075 by Herimannus, a monk of the Abbey of Saint Gall. There are two biographies of Wiborada: one by Hartmann, a monk of St. Gall, written between 993 and 1047; and another written between 1072 and"
"Hell for his share in Mayne's death. In fact the brother, filled with guilt for his share in the execution, has not only converted to the Roman Catholic faith but is risking his life by sheltering other priests. Cuthbert Mayne Cuthbert Mayne (c. 1543–29 November 1577) was an English Roman Catholic priest executed under the laws of Elizabeth I. He was the first of the seminary priests, trained on the Continent, to be martyred. Mayne was beatified in 1886 and canonised as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales in 1970. Mayne was born at Youlston, near Barnstaple"
"in Paris and in 1910 she and Marguerite Durand defied authorities and presented themselves as candidates in the elections for members of the legislative assembly. Considered one of the central figures in the history of the French women's rights movement, Hubertine Auclert continued her activism until her death in 1914 at age 65. She is interred in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris; the sculpture on her tomb commemorates the """"Suffrage des Femmes""."" Hubertine Auclert Hubertine Auclert (April 10, 1848 in Saint-Priest-en-Murat – August 4, 1914 in Paris) was a leading French feminist and a campaigner for women's suffrage. Born"
"died on May 13, 1981, at age 60. Florence Jaffray Harriman Florence Jaffray ""Daisy"" Harriman (July 21, 1870 – August 31, 1967) was an American socialite, suffragist, social reformer, organizer, and diplomat. ""She led one of the suffrage parades down Fifth Avenue, worked on campaigns on child labor and safe milk and, as minister to Norway in World War II, organized evacuation efforts while hiding in a forest from the Nazi invasion."" In her ninety-second year, U.S. President John F. Kennedy honored her by awarding her the first ""Citation of Merit for Distinguished Service."" She often found herself in the"
"Florence Jaffray Harriman Florence Jaffray ""Daisy"" Harriman (July 21, 1870 – August 31, 1967) was an American socialite, suffragist, social reformer, organizer, and diplomat. ""She led one of the suffrage parades down Fifth Avenue, worked on campaigns on child labor and safe milk and, as minister to Norway in World War II, organized evacuation efforts while hiding in a forest from the Nazi invasion."" In her ninety-second year, U.S. President John F. Kennedy honored her by awarding her the first ""Citation of Merit for Distinguished Service."" She often found herself in the middle of historic events. As she stated, ""I"
"Tuke. Tuke never converted to Judaism. This was the final straw for Arthur, who disinherited him. Hugh Franklin (suffragist) Hugh Arthur Franklin (27 May 1889 – 21 October 1962) was a British suffragist and politician. Born into a wealthy Anglo-Jewish family, he rejected both his religious and social upbringing to protest for women's suffrage. Joining in with the militant suffragettes, he was sent to prison multiple times, making him one of the few men to be imprisoned for his part in the suffrage movement. His crimes included an attempted attack on Winston Churchill and an act of arson on a"
"each September in growing numbers. In honor of Saint Ephigenia, a virgin-martyr of 1794 had taken her name. A professed religious of the Order of St. Benedict that was martyred during the French Revolution in 1794 was known as ""Sister Iphigénie of Saint Matthew"". Her name was Blessed Marie-Gabrielle-Françoise-Suzanne de Gaillard de Lavaldène (1761–1794), also known as ""Francesca Maria Susanna"", ""Sister Iphigénie of Saint Matthew"" or ""Ifigenia di San Matteo de Gaillard de la Valdène"", and she was one of the Martyrs of Orange who was guillotined on 7 July 1794 in Orange, Vaucluse, France. She was beatified 10 May"
"Thomas Garnet Saint Thomas Garnet (c.1575 – 23 June 1608) was a Jesuit priest who was executed in London. He is the protomartyr (i.e., the first martyr associated with a place) of Saint Omer and therefore of Stonyhurst College. He was executed at Tyburn and is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Thomas Garnet was born into a prominent family in Southwark. His uncle, Henry Garnet, was the superior of the Jesuits in England. Richard Garnet, Thomas's father, was at Balliol College, Oxford, at the time when great severity began to be used against Catholics. His example"
"who has gone to death for this cause"". Mary Jane Clarke Mary Jane Clarke (1862–1910), was a British suffragette. She was the younger sister of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst and she died after being force fed whilst in prison. Clarke was born in Salford and was one of ten children; her older sister Emmeline Pankhurst being one of them. Her father was the managing director of a cotton-printing works. She was educated at the École Normale Supérieure, Paris along with her sister. She was co-founder with Emmeline of the Emerson & Co. shop in Hampstead Row. At the shop, her artistic"
"Baron Maybray-King, said that he believed 'sooner or later' there would be a woman Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Suffragette Memorial The Suffragette Memorial is an outdoor bronze cast sculpture, commemorating the individuals who fought for Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, and is located in the north-west corner of Christchurch Gardens, Victoria, London. The sculptor was Edwin Russell and the statue was unveiled in 1970. The memorial is in the shape of a scroll, created in fibreglass and cast in bronze, placed on a circular plinth. It features the badges of the Women's Social and Political Union and"
"and Rose Emma Lamartine Yates was at the dying Davison's bedside, and headed a guard of honour for the funeral procession. World War I precipitated a split between Leigh, Yates and other leading suffragettes with Emmeline Pankhurst. Pankhurst had agreed that the WSPU would suspend its militant campaign for female suffrage and back the government's fight against Germany. Leigh and others disagreed with this policy, and broke away to form the ""Suffragettes of the WSPU"". The organisation intended to be militant and national but never achieved a large impact. Like the Independent WSPU it was created in 1916. The SWSPU"
"Record House in Great Smith Square, London. The building was bombed during the Second World War, but some of its records were saved and are now (2015) in the Suffragette Fellowship collection in the Museum of London. Yates died at her London home at the age of 79. Rose Emma Lamartine Yates Rose Emma Lamartine Yates (23 February 1875 – 5 November 1954), ""née"" Janau, was an English social campaigner and suffragette. She was educated at the Sorbonne and Oxford. Together with her lawyer husband she worked for female suffrage from 1908 and during the First World War, and was"
"(11 h 30), the Free French SAS who jumped in near Plumelec went into action fighting against German troops (Vlassov’s army). One hour later (0 h 40), the first victim of the liberation of his country, Corporal Émile Bouétard (born 1915 in Brittany) was killed near Plumelec. The Free French SAS established a base (Saint-Marcel) and began to arm and equip members of local resistance fighters, operating with up to 3,000 Maquis fighters and 200 paratroopers. However, their base was heavily attacked by a German paratroop division on 18 June and was forced to disperse. Captain Pierre Marienne with 17"
"Suffragette Sally Suffragette Sally is a suffrage novel by Gertrude Colmore (1855 – 1926) published in 1911. It is part of a string of novels written to further the cause of the women’s movement by gaining empathy from its readers. Following its three female protagonists through the militant campaign of the Women’s Social and Political Union, the novel examines both gender and class. The novel references many historic events and people, both by their known aliases and their real names. Colmore’s novel was first published in 1911 by Stanley Paul and Co., London. At the time of publication the women’s"
"did not mention this episode in her life until she saw, for the first time, her photograph in the ""Sunday Times"". She reported that she considered herself as unimportant in the suffragette movement, although she had met Olive Hockin (Number 2), Margaret McFarlane (Number 3) and Jane Short (Number 6). Her story became a source of pride to her descendants. Schenke died in Ealing. Margaret Scott (suffragette) Gretel Schenke, Margaret Schenke or Margaret Scott (1888 – 1973) was a UK based suffragette who was born in Germany. She was arrested after two agent provocateurs encouraged her to break a window."
"Soubirous was canonized a saint in 1933 by Pope Pius XI. On Thursday, 11 February 1858, a week before Lent would begin on Ash Wednesday, a 14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous was out gathering firewood with her sister Toinette and a friend at the grotto of Massabielle outside Lourdes. There, she reportedly had the first of 18 visions of what she termed ""a small young lady"", not in French but in the regional Occitan: ""uo petito damizelo"", standing in a niche in the rock. Her sister and the friend stated that they had seen nothing. On realizing that she alone, and not"
"and the police had to intervene when the crowd began to shake the speakers carriage. New retired to the holiday community of Talland-Polperro in Cornwall and died in January 1951 at the age of 73. In 2011, a street in Swindon was renamed in her honour. A Blue Plaque in North Street, Swindon, marks her birth place. In the 2015 film ""Suffragette"", a character partially based on New is portrayed by English actress Helena Bonham Carter. Edith New Edith Bessie New (17 March 1877 – 2 January 1951) was an English suffragette. She was one of the first two suffragettes"
"(and those of 58 other women's suffrage supporters) are on the plinth of the statue of Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square, London, unveiled in April 2018. She was featured in the documentaries ""Sophia: Suffragette Princess"" (2015) and ""No Man Shall Protect Us: The Hidden History of the Suffragette Bodyguards"" (2018), portrayed in the latter production by actress Aila Peck. Sophia Duleep Singh Princess Sophia Alexandra Duleep Singh (8 August 1876 – 22 August 1948) was a prominent suffragette and accredited nurse in the United Kingdom. Her father was Maharaja Duleep Singh, who had been taken from the Sikh Empire to"
"the martyrs."" His feast day is July 3. Mutien-Marie Wiaux (Mucian of Malonne) took his name from this martyr. Mucian Saint Mucian (Mutien, Muziano, Mucianus) is a martyr of the early Christian Church. He was killed with a sword with two other men, named Mark and Paul, as well as a little boy whose name is unknown. The ""Roman Martyrology"" states: ""The holy martyrs Mark and Mucian who were slain with the sword for Christ's sake. When a little boy called upon them with a loud voice that they should not sacrifice to idols, he was ordered to be whipped,"