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| Picture No | 10020813 |
| Date | 28th October 1908 |
| Description | Ladies' Gallery in House of Commons, Grille Incident |
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As part of a protest at the House of Commons, two suffragettes - Muriel Matters and Helen Fox - chained themselves to the grille of the Ladies' Gallery. The chains were bound with wool, so that no noise would be made while they did so. In order to remove the protesters, attendants are forced to remove the grille, the symbolic barrier between women and the floor of the House of Commons.
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| Source | Drawn by Samuel Begg in 'The Illustrated London News', 7 November 1908, page 635 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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