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Gertrude Wilkinson

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Whitstable hunger striking suffragette

Lived 1851 to 1929 · aged 78
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Gertrude Jessie Heward Wilkinson, also known as Jessie Howard, was a British militant Suffragette, who, as a member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), was imprisoned in Winson Green Prison. She went on hunger strike and was force-fed, for which she was awarded the WSPU's Hunger Strike Medal.

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Gertrude Wilkinson campaigning in Whitstable in 1909Gertrude Wilkinson campaigning in Whitstable in 1909Hunger striking Suffragettes resting in the garden of Dorset Hall c.1912 L to R: Edith Marian Begbie, three year old Paul, the son of Rose Emma Lamartine Yates, Gertrude Wilkinson and Florence MacfarlaneHunger striking Suffragettes resting in the garden of Dorset Hall c.1912 L to R: Edith Marian Begbie, three year old Paul, the son of Rose Emma Lamartine Yates, Gertrude Wilkinson and Florence Macfarlane

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Hunger Strike Medal

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Gertrude Jessie Heward Wilkinson, also known as Jessie Howard, was a British militant Suffragette, who, as a member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), was imprisoned in Winson Green Prison. She went on hunger strike and was force-fed, for which she was awarded the WSPU's Hunger Strike Medal. In 1913, she became the Literature Secretary for the Women's Freedom League (WFL).

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Lived 1851 to 1929 · aged 78
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