Mary Leigh

Standard Name: Leigh, Mary

Connections

Connections Sort descending Author name Excerpt
Family and Intimate relationships Cassandra Cooke
CC 's sister Mary was thirteen years older, was married (to a cousin, Thomas Leigh of Adlestrop and Stoneleigh) on 3 November 1762, and died in early February 1797.
Le Faye, Deirdre. A Chronology of Jane Austen and her Family. Cambridge University Press, 2006.
731, 25, 193
She left a...
politics Constance Lytton
Watching the prisoners exercising in the yard, helpless and useless like beads disconnected from a necklace, CL had imagined them threaded together by means of the women's movement into a great organised band, a co-ordinated...
politics Dora Marsden
This episode contributed to the drive towards the force-feeding of jailed suffragists.
Garner, Les. A Brave and Beautiful Spirit: Dora Marsden, 1882-1960. Avebury, 1990.
35-6
The women's release was questioned by the Pall Mall Gazette and the Southport Visitor, the latter of which called it a...
Textual Production Cassandra Cooke
The future CC wrote a poem, From Miss Cassandra Leigh to her Sister, felicitating the much older Mary on her engagement.
Le Faye, Deirdre. A Chronology of Jane Austen and her Family. Cambridge University Press, 2006.
25

Timeline

30 June 1908: The first act of damage was committed by...

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30 June 1908

The first act of damage was committed by Women's Social and Political Union supporters Edith New and Mary Leigh , when they stoned the windows of 10 Downing Street.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
50

18 September 1909: Women's Social and Political Union members...

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18 September 1909

Women's Social and Political Union members Mary Leigh and Charlotte Marsh , imprisoned in Winson Green , Birmingham, began fasting; they were ordered by Home Secretary Herbert Gladstone to be forcibly fed.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
54
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
104
Seymour, David, and Emily Seymour, editors. A Century of News. Contender Books, 2003.
Lytton, Constance. Prisons and Prisoners. Heinemann, 1914.
201-2

9 December 1909: The Lord Chief Justice ruled in favour of...

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9 December 1909

The Lord Chief Justice ruled in favour of forcible feeding of suffragists, arguing that it was the duty of the prison medical officer to prevent prisoners from committing suicide.
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
105

July 1912: The Irish Women's Franchise League organised...

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July 1912

The Irish Women's Franchise League organised peaceful protests around Prime Minister Asquith 's visit to Dublin, but English suffragettes travelled to Dublin and demonstrated violently.
Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
57-60

20 August 1912: Despite public opposition, English suffragettes...

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20 August 1912

Despite public opposition, English suffragettes Gladys Evans and Mary Leigh were force-fed in Ireland; this was the first example of force-feeding women prisoners there.
Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
63

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