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Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Gladys Evans
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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.
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.