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Catherine Tolson

English nurse and women's suffragist · United Kingdom · On the map · Activists · Lived 1892 to 1924 · aged 32

Catherine Tolson was an English nurse and suffragette from Ilkley in West Yorkshire active in the Women's Social and Political Union. She was arrested and imprisoned in 1909 and 1911 when she went on hunger strike and was force-fed for which she received a Hunger Strike Medal from the WSPU.

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Hunger Strike Medal1909

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This was sold at auction in 2004.

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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Activists
Type
Activist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1892 to 1924 · aged 32