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A British suffragette activist, writer and prison reformer who used the alias Jane Warton to avoid special treatment. She was the daughter of a viceroy, the sister of a peer, and the aunt of Jiddu Krishnamurti.
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Learn how Constance Lytton campaigned for the women's right to vote despite being from a royal family
The struggle for women's right to vote in British parliamentary elections, part 1.
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NARRATOR: Stories from Parliament. Votes for Women, Part One.
CROWD: Deeds, not words.
LADY CONSTANCE BULWER-LYTTON: Deeds, not words. That was our cry. That day, in 1909, we suffragettes were marching to Parliament to demand a vote for women-- that women, as well as men, should be allowed to vote in electing our government. Our prime minister, Mr. Asquith, we had promised it should be so. But now he'd had second thoughts. He feared that too many women might vote against his party and bring his government down. So he did precisely nothing.
CROWD: Deeds, not words.
LYTTON: That cry of ours meant two things. Instead of mere promises that the vote would be given to women, we wanted the government to do as they had said. And if they wouldn't, then we were willing to act, as well as speak, in protest. We'd come from our meeting in a nearby hall, and the words we'd heard from our movement's leader, Mrs. Pankhurst, were still ringing in my ears.
EMMELINE PANKHURST: We shall be marching to Parliament-- not as law breakers, but because women should be law makers.
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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 ...
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.
20 de fev. de 2023 · 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.
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 ...
5 de fev. de 2018 · Learn about the life and struggles of Lady Constance Lytton, a militant suffragette who disguised herself as Jane Warton to expose the harsh treatment of female prisoners. Find out how she risked her health and life for the cause of women's rights and equality.
