HAYES SUFFRAGETTES
Suffragette outrages.
Suffragette outrages.
Hayes ladies support the militants.
At the resumed hearing at Bow Street on Thursday of the Suffragette Conspiracy charges, Detective Inspector Hawkins stated that, "In his search of Miss Jessie Kennedy and Miss Rachel Barrett's flat he found a letter addressed to Mrs Pankhurst and signed by
Marion Cunningham of Oakdene, Hayes End, Middlesex which said,
'I applaud your courage and perfectly believe in militancy. Nothing else can succeed but many of your union can agree with you.'
These dashes appeared in the letter as given here. 'Isolated cases involve much agony to the proprietors and little or no damage to the government. Whatever is done now must be something big, something done by all members. Some careful night attacks where all women get off scott-free if possible. Why not a gigantic raid on pillar boxes with specially made Indian rubber bags filled with staining acid, say sulphuric hydrogen? I am a volunteer for that.'
Advertiser, May 10, 1913.
NOTE
Marion Cunnigham Hayes Suffragette was a very vocal and supporter of militant action, however her middle class background seemed to have spelt difficulty with the local Labour and trade Union movement in Hayes,
Marion Cunnigham Hayes Suffragette was a very vocal and supporter of militant action, however her middle class background seemed to have spelt difficulty with the local Labour and trade Union movement in Hayes,
THE UXBRIDGE WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE SOCIETY (FOUNDED IN 1902)
For some years it was affiliated to the " National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies," but is now an independent Society, The methods of the Society are constitutional and non-militant. Membership is open to men and women in sympathy with the aim or the Society, which is to obtain the Parliamentary vote on the same terms as it is, or may be, granted to men. The election policy is strictly non-party. The minimum subscription, 1s., entities the member, to attend all general business meetings, to bring forward resolutions, and to vote, also to receive announcement of all meetings of the Society.
The work of the Society is educational, and is carried on by means of meetings in halls and in the open air. For some time the Society has held an "At Home," open to the public free, on (as a rule) the first Monday in each month. Mrs Fawcett, Miss Abadam. Miss Fielden, Mr. Kennedy. Mr. Gugenheim, Mr. Victor Duval, Mrs. Kineton-Parkes, Lady Meyer, The Hon. Mrs.Haverfield, Lady Frances Balfour, the Rev. Hugh Chapman, Mr. Cecil Chapman, Miss Alison Nielans, Mrs. Fagan and many others have addressed meetings.
The official address of the Uxbridge Women’s Suffrage Society is—
Mrs Blower, 7, Park Road
Source: Kings Gazette Directory 1913
NOTE
Katherine Ann Raleigh was the most influential Suffragette in the Uxbridge area, and was the key person behind the Uxbridge NUWSS. Eldest in a gifted family, she was University women and a member of the University Club. When she arrived in Uxbridge she drew around her a circle of friends at her weekly gatherings to whom she freely gave the benefits of her knowledge of literature and her talent for dramatic reading. A Greek scholar, Librarian for the Hellenic society, She spent much time in Germany studying Folk lore, Member of English Folk Lore Society.
Katherine Ann Raleigh was the most influential Suffragette in the Uxbridge area, and was the key person behind the Uxbridge NUWSS. Eldest in a gifted family, she was University women and a member of the University Club. When she arrived in Uxbridge she drew around her a circle of friends at her weekly gatherings to whom she freely gave the benefits of her knowledge of literature and her talent for dramatic reading. A Greek scholar, Librarian for the Hellenic society, She spent much time in Germany studying Folk lore, Member of English Folk Lore Society.
Katherine Ann Raleigh, became well known for her Suffragette work, wrote numerous pamphlets. The first women (Uxbridge) council candidate in the Borough died January 1922 and buried at Abney Park Cemetery, Highbury. Katherine Raleigh deserves more recognition within the Borough. Photo Gazette 22 January 1922
Marion Cunnigham Hayes Suffragette was a very vocal and supporter of militant action, however her middle class background seemed to have spelt difficulty with the local Labour and trade Union movement in Hayes,
Marion Cunningham was secretary of the Hayes-Southall Women's Freedom League, lead by Charlotte Despard in 1913
Meanwhile, local Tory thugs broke up suffragette meetings at West Drayton and Harefield
