Holloway Prison

Holloway Prison was largely a holding place for imprisoned Suffragettes.

The First Three Suffragettes, Annie Kenney, Adelaide Knight, and Jane Sparborough, Imprisoned in Holloway Prison for protesting at PM Herbert Asquith's house, 1906, Museum of London, Photographer, Rachel Barratt

Holloway Prison had a prisoner class system. First-class prisoners, those in the privileged class or charged with libel, would enjoy special treatment. The Suffragettes were not considered first-class. 

Divisions in Prison, May 1909, The National Archives via The Illustrated London News

A Suffragette's Protest Sign, Reading 'To Ask Freedom For Women Is Not A Crime, n.d., The Guardian via Stock Montage/Getty Images


Although this quote was part of the American Suffrage Movement, this description of women accurately describes the Suffragettes.

Suffragette Starves Herself Out Of Jail, July 1909, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress

'Notice issued to a suffragette prisoner released under the Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill-Health) Act 1913', 1913, The Museum of London

Suffragette holding a Prisoner's (Temporary Discharge for Ill-Health) Act, 1913, The Museum of London

Rearrest of Emmeline Pankhurst, 1913, The Museum of London

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