The medal was awarded to Elsie Wolff Van Sandau by the Women's Social & Political Union A hunger strike medal awarded to a suffragette who refused to eat while on trial has been discovered after ...

This particular medal belonged to a Genie Sheppard ... was obtained through HM Office of Works to cut the chains with which suffragettes might secure themselves to portions of the building ...

And, in a particularly tender moment, Clarice gifted Lucille a silver medal which revealed her involvement in the suffragette movement. Engraved with the words ‘Hunger Strike’, the medal was ...

Post-War Advocacy and the Medal of Honor After the war, Walker’s advocacy did not wane. She became an even more vocal proponent of women’s rights, particularly the suffrage movement.

Selina was awarded a Hunger Strike medal by the WSPU leadership for her courage, but her prison experience was too much. Despite the rallying cry of suffragette Lady Constance Lytton to join the n ...