HISTORIC RELICS
SUFFRAGETTES' CAMPAIGN PERMANENT MUSEUM PLANNED [from our own correspondent] LONDON, March 25 Suffragettes aro to havo their own permanent mus/sum in London, not far from the Houses of Parliament. In tho museum will bo exhibited scores of historic relics, telling tho story of tho battle for women's freedom from 18i52 onward. Among some of tho interesting tilings visitors will see are:—The race card that Emily Davison held in her hand when she threw herselr in front of King Edward Vll's horse on a tragic Derby Day. _ . The chain with which Edith New fastened herself to the railings of No. 10 Downing Street, and the chain by which a woman fixed herself to the grille in the House of Commons. A 28-years-old loof of broad from Holloway Prison. , An egu of the same vintage. Tho manuscript of a book written by Lady Constance Lytton, who, disgusted that her rank appeared to secure hfjr preferential treatment, disguised herself as Jane Warton, was arrested and forcibly fed with the others.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23320, 13 April 1939, Page 4
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