Holloway brooch from the UK Parliamentary Collections
Country
United Kingdom
Presented by
Women's Social and Political Union
The Holloway brooch was presented by the Women's Social and Political Union (WPSU) to women who had been imprisoned at Holloway Prison for militant suffragette activity. It is also referred to as the "Portcullis badge",[1] the "Holloway Prison brooch"[2] and the "Victoria Cross of the Union".[2]
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The Hollowaybrooch was presented by the Women's Social and Political Union (WPSU) to women who had been imprisoned at Holloway Prison for militant suffragette...
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of Cabinet Ministers. Cousins was arrested and sentenced to a month in Holloway Prison. Vacationing with W. B. Yeats in 1912, Cousins and her husband heard...
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role. The WSPU awarded Roe a Hunger Strike Medal 'for Valour' and a Hollowaybrooch. When war broke out in 1914, Roe was in prison; she was released as...
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strike during her imprisonment in Holloway Prison for which she received the WSPU's Hunger Strike Medal and Hollowaybrooch.[citation needed] Sarah Benett...
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on The Suffragette Handkerchief in Holloway in March 1912. She later wrote an account of her experiences in Holloway: “I was in close confinement for twelve...
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House Pankhurst Centre Paulsdale Suffragette Handkerchief Holloway banner HollowaybroochHolloway Jingles Hunger Strike Medal Justice Bell Suffrage jewellery...
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