KATE EVANS 1912 SUFFRAGETTE HUNGER STRIKE MEDAL

Katie writes:

The items which form part of the collection owned by Welsh suffragette Kate Williams Evans were acquired by Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales in 2018. These include a hunger strike medal and book signed by prominent suffragettes including Emmeline Pankhurst and Emily Wilding Davison.

Born in Llansanffraid in 1866, Kate Williams Evans traveled to Paris as a young woman, where she developed a keen interest in politics. On returning to Wales, she joined the Women's Social and Political Union and became a suffragette. She was arrested in 1912 for ‘malicious damage' and her Metropolitan Police summons forms part of the collection.

Hunger-striking women were routinely restrained and force-fed by prison authorities. The collection acquired by Amgueddfa Cymru includes a rare Suffragette Hunger Strike Medal, given to Kate as an acknowledgement of the treatment she received in prison.

To read the complete article, see:
A rare collection of Welsh Suffragette memorabilia has gone on display at St Fagans National Museum of History (http://artdaily.com/news/119822/A-rare-collection-of-Welsh-Suffragette-memorabilia-has-gone-on-display-at-St-Fagans-National-Museum-of-History#.XiMZychKhPZ)

To read the complete museum record, see:
Box for Hunger Strike medal awarded to Kate Williams Evans (https://museum.wales/collections/online/object/09cce7a6-f5fc-3859-beeb-e3be32286164/Medal-box/?field0=string&value0=hunger%20strike&field1=with_images&value1=on&index=0)

For Women's March swag, see:
https://www.the-outrage.com/collections/womens-march

To read earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
SELINA MARTIN SUFFRAGETTE HUNGER STRIKE MEDA (https://www.coinbooks.org/v22/esylum_v22n13a27.html)
1912 WOMEN'S HUNGER STRIKE MEDAL (https://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_v21n06a35.html)
A SUFFRAGETTE SOCIETY MEDAL (https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n10a27.html)
1912 SUFFRAGETTE HUNGER STRIKE MEDAL (https://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_v21n43a22.html)

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