In response to the hunger-strikes by prisoners, the government began to force feed prisoners, arguing that it was "ordinary hospital treatment" required to keep the Suffragettes healthy. However, this was a life-threatening and degrading procedure.
The Modern Inquisition, Treatment of Political Prisoners under a Liberal Government, 1910, Museum of London, Women’s Social and Political Union
A Suffragette Being Force-Fed, n.d., BBC
A Poster Protesting against the Force Feeding of Suffragettes in US Prisons in 1905, n.d., The Irish Times
'ALL THE SUFFRAGIST LEADERS ARRESTED, “WE WILL ALL STARVE TO DEATH IN PRISON UNLESS WE ARE FORCIBLY FED.”', 1913, Daily Sketch
“FORCIBLE FEEDING”, 1913, The Suffragette
“Tortured Women. What forcible feeding means: A Prisoner's Testimony”, 1914, The Museum of London
Letter awarding the medal for valour for Suffragettes that joined in the hunger strike, 1912, The Museum of London
Medal awarded to Emmeline Pankhurst, n.d., The Museum of London
