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The First Window-Smashers at Bow Street Magistrates Court
About this object
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ID:
57.57/34
Production date:
1908
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Location:
In Store
The first window-smashers, Mary Leigh (left) and Edith New (right) in the dock at Bow Street Magistrates Court, 1 July 1908. Angered by the way fellow members of the WSPU were being treated by police during a demonstration in Parliament Square on 30 June, Leigh and New broke windows in the Prime Minister's residence at 10 Downing Street. Sentenced to a term of imprisonment Leigh and New joined 27 fellow suffragettes in Holloway arrested during the demonstration.
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Measurements
H 121 mm; W 164 mm
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Materials
paper
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Last Updated
2024-03-14
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