USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Emmeline Pankhurst attended her first women’s suffrage meeting at the age of eight and spent much of her life fighting for that cause. Together with her daughters, Emmeline Pankhurst led the militant wing of the suffrage movement and was repeated imprisoned.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hunger strikes were carried out by imprisoned suffragettes because they were not given the status of political prisoners. Prisons responded by force feeding suffragettes on hunger strike. Winson Green prison in Birmingham was one of the first prisons in the country to practise force feeding on suffragettes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Force-feeding of suffragettes In the summer of 1909, many imprisoned suffragettes went on hunger strike to protest against the uncompromising Liberal government. At first the hunger-strikers were released from prison, but the government soon introduced force-feeding.

Detailed explanation-4: -One of the earliest women to be forcibly fed in September 1909 was working class Mary Leigh, in Winson Green gaol, Birmingham. Feeding by nasal tube was “an outrage”, she wrote in an influential pamphlet that was widely circulated.

Detailed explanation-5: -2: Suffragettes were forcibly fed by prison authorities Mixtures of milk, eggs or other liquid foods were poured into the stomach. Struggling Suffragettes could suffer broken teeth, bleeding, vomiting and choking as food was poured into the lungs.