PETHICK-LAWRENCE, Frederick William.

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Women's Fight for the Vote. Second edition, association copy, with the initials of the women's suffrage activist Hugh Franklin on the half-title. Franklin was taken on holiday by the Pethick Lawrences to recuperate following a prison sentence in early 1911; he had served a month for attempting to break Winston Churchill's windows. Hugh Franklin (1889-1962) joined the Men's League for Women's Suffrage in 1909. His militant actions during the campaign resulted in three prison sentences. On each occasion he went on hunger strike and was force fed. He later married the suffragette Elsie Duval.Women's Fight for the Vote is based on articles Pethick-Lawrence first published in Votes for Women, the periodical he co-founded with his wife Emmeline in 1907. It explains political developments within the suffrage movement, explains the tactics used by suffragists, and defends militant action. The first edition was published less than a year previously.

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