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| Picture No | 11093059 |
| Date | 1909 |
| Description | Suffragette Jessie Kenney as a telegraph boy |
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Miss Jessie Kenney, a suffragette, as a telegraph boy, in the dress in which she sought to gain admission to the Albert Hall to disrupt a Liberal party meeting at which Asquith was speaking. She was caught by a policeman on duty who apparently was suspicious after noticing her 'shapely hands, her face and the angle of her cap.' The Sketch magazine reports with satisfaction that, 'a thorough search of the great building caused a number of enthusiastic advocates of "Votes for Women" to be dragged into the light of day...'
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| Source | Photograph in The Sketch magazine, 15 December 1909 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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