Many well-known suffragettes came to Doncaster to campaign.
The suffragettes believed in deeds not words, and used militant tactics such as window-smashing to gain publicity for the cause. The suffragists also fought for the vote, but they used peaceful, law-abiding methods.
One of the most infamous suffragettes, Lilian Lenton, appeared before magistrates at the Guildhall after allegedly trying to set fire to Westfield House in Balby. She was imprisoned and went on hunger strike. This photograph (below) was taken secretly while she exercised in the prison yard.
Violet Key-Jones was known as ‘The Railway Suffragette’, because she travelled to and from Doncaster station so that she could campaign all over Yorkshire. Not to mention Lina Lambert, who persistently chalked ‘Votes for Women’ on the pavements of Doncaster and fought tirelessly for female emancipation..?
These are just a few of the many women whose stories will be told throughout Doncaster in 2018.
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