Christabel Pankhurst & Pethick Lawrences - militants
Page from The Sketch showing portraits of Christabel Pankhurst and Mr and Mrs Pethick Lawrence montaged against a smashed window, a comment on their recent arrest when they were charged with conspiracy to damage property and with aidng and abetting in the commission of offences against the Malicious Injuries to Property act, 1861". Militant suffrage campaigners - suffragettes - had embarked upon a campaign of window smashing and other activities designed to cause maximum impact after years of non-militant campaigning had proved ineffective
Picture No
12008218
Media ID
46106666
Size
5986px x 9487px
(16.1MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Page from The Sketch, 13 March 1912
Date
1912
