Forgotten suffragette

vote against the Labour party is going against everything your family stood for. She had such fire in her belly, even at 85. She said it with such conviction in her.”

His cousin Philip, a retired architect, said: “She told how she was on the front page of the newspapers when she was being dragged away by the police.

‘She also told of a photograph of her in clogs and a shawl taken behind bars.

“She didn’t get involved in politics in Australia but she was very outspoken about her political views.

“The whole family has always been very proud of her. Perhaps now the British people will feel equally proud.”

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