Suffragette Activity in Handsworth

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Date:22nd of April 1913

Description:This article, taken from the Birmingham Daily Mail describes a suspected suffragette arson attack on the boathouse in Handsworth Park. In 1913 Suffragettes in the Women's Social and Political Union ('militant' Suffragettes) had mounted a campaign of widespread arson. Male dominated sports facilities were one of a number of targets.

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