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Lady Constance Georgina Bulwer-Lytton (12 February 1869 – 2 May 1923), usually known as Constance Lytton, was an influential British suffragette activist, writer, speaker and campaigner for prison reform, votes for women, and birth control.
A portrait of a suffragette and daughter of the 1st Earl of Lytton, who campaigned for women's rights and wrote about her prison experiences. See seven images of her and learn more about her life and achievements.
24 de mai. de 2018 · To celebrate the centenary of the Representation of the People Act, all of the Turbulent Londoners featured in 2018 will have been involved in the campaign for women’s suffrage. This post is about Lady Constance Lytton, an aristocrat who was imprisoned four times for the suffrage movement.
22 de mai. de 2022 · On 5th May 1912, the suffragette Lady Constance Lytton was found alone in her London flat by her charlady, having suffered a severe stroke aged just 43. A member of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) by this time in her life she had been imprisoned four times, including once disguised as a seamstress named Jane Warton ...
Between 1912 and 1914, paralysed by a stroke, she wrote Prisons and Prisoners with her left hand, with the contrasting narratives of Lady Constance Lytton and Jane Warton, spinster. On publication it proved influential in the cause not only of women’s suffrage, but also of prison reform.
When did women started wearing pants in the United States? Five absurd reasons women were denied the vote. Learn how Constance Lytton became Jane Wharton for her struggle for women's right to vote in Britain. Learn about women's contributions to English literature during the 16th and 17th centuries.
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23 de mai. de 2023 · 22 May 1923 marks one hundred years since the death of Lady Constance Lytton, militant suffragette. She is most often remembered for the events of January 1910, when she disguised herself as a working-class activist, consciously making herself as ugly and ridiculous as possible, and, as ‘Jane Warton’ was arrested for throwing ...
