Force-feeding equipment
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Penny defaced as a suffragette protest
Penny defaced as a suffragette protest with link to BBC History of the world in 100 objects
Source: britishmuseum.org
Listen to the programme or read the transcript.
Visit the site http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/p/suffragette-defaced_penny.aspxLady Constance Lytton’s account of force-feeding at Walton Gaol, Liverpool
Source: upen.edu
Visit the site http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/lytton/prisons/prisons.html#XIIIArtist’s impression of a suffragette being force-fed
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Published in the Illustrated London News, 27 April 1912.
Visit the site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Forcefeeding.jpgShort film clip – reconstruction of force-feeding.
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See this video on youtube.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf95V6aMdTM
The effects of hunger-striking and force-feeding
Source: nationalarchives.gov.uk
Medical report from the Deputy Medical Officer at Holloway Prison on the effects of hunger-striking and forced-feeding on Phyllis North, 8 July 1914.
Visit the site http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/cats-and-mice/olive-wharry-medical-report/The history of the women's movement in Britain
Source: bbc.co.uk
BBC Class Clip - Radio 1 DJ Gemma Cairney traces the history of the women’s movement in Britain and discovers how women won the vote.
See this video on bbc.co.uk http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/z29ngk7
Interview with Victoria Lidiard
Source: bbc.co.uk
Victoria was the last surviving suffragette to have been imprisoned; 1983.
Visit the site http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/suffragettes/8306.shtmlCollection of sources on the suffragettes from the National Archives
Source: nationalarchives.gov.uk
Visit the site http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/britain1906to1918/g4/cs1/g4cs1.htmSuffragette items at the Museum of London
Source: museumoflondon.org.uk
Visit the site http://collections.museumoflondon.org.uk/Online/object.aspx?objectID=object-479080&start=0&rows=1Outside the classroom
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Here are some relevant museums and sites to visit.
Visit the siteGalleries of Justice Museum, Nottingham
Source: galleriesofjustice.org.uk
Visit the site http://www.galleriesofjustice.org.ukPankhurst Centre, Manchester
Source: thepankhurstcentre.org.uk
Visit the site http://www.thepankhurstcentre.org.uk/People’s Palace Museum, Glasgow
Source: glasgowlife.org.uk
Visit the site http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/peoples-palace/Pages/default.aspxHouses of Parliament
Source: parliament.uk
Visit the site http://www.parliament.uk/visiting/visiting-and-tours/tours-of-parliament/Museum of London
Source: museumoflondon.org.uk
Visit the site http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk