A century after some UK women won the vote, most of the suffragette stories we hear still focus on the elite. But this was a diverse movement.
Black Friday suffrage protest. Photo: Unknown / Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
In October 1909, the aristocratic suffragette Lady Constance Lytton was arrested and sent to Newcastle prison. When the police discovered that she was the daughter of Lord Lytton, former Viceroy of India, they ordered her release after two days.
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