Suffragettes armed with materials to chain themselves to railings mb-code 1619776 Alexander III

Alexander III

View of no 53 Fleet Street

Plate 312 from chapter 102 of Gleanings of natural history

Behind is a large sculpture bust and a statue or casket in the form of a woman

'Scraps from a Highland Sketch-Book'

Suffragettes armed with materials to chain themselves to railings mb-code 1619776 Alexander IIISuffragettes armed with materials to chain themselves to railings, 1909. The Suffragettes found that by chaining themselves to railings they could gain much needed time to deliver their speeches before the police arrested them. The woman on the right is Vera Holme (1881 1969), Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) chauffeur.