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Suffragettes - London - Arrest of Suffragette - Oct. 1913 – Vintage Wall Art

Suffragettes - London - Arrest of Suffragette - Oct. 1913, 1913 Oct. — historic photograph
Suffragettes - London - Arrest of Suffragette - Oct. 1913, 1913 Oct.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A London police officer is shown taking a woman into custody in this October 1913 photograph, one of the many arrests made during the militant phase of the British women's suffrage campaign. By that year, members of the Women's Social and Political Union were breaking windows, setting fires, and staging hunger strikes in prison, and the government responded with the Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill Health) Act, known as the "Cat and Mouse" Act, which allowed weakened prisoners to be released and later re-arrested. The picture comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, whose New York news photographers covered such confrontations for American readers.

Created / published1913 Oct.
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhoto by Bain News Service, N.Y.C. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Police; Gt. Br.--History; Women--Suffrage.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,139 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-144078

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