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Theresa Garnett (1888, Leeds – 1966) is a british suffragette. == Biography == Theresa Garnett is born in Leeds in 1888,〔(''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' )〕 daughter to Joshua Garnett and Frances Theresa Garnett〔(''Women of the right spirit: paid organisers of the women's social and political union (WSPU) 1904-18'' ), by Krista Cowman〕 and she's raised at a convent school.〔(''Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928'' ), by Elizabeth Crawford〕 She works for some time as a teacher. In 1907, she join the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) after being inspired by a speech given by Adela Pankhurst.〔(13 novembre 1909. Jeune ministre, Winston Churchill est agressé par la suffragette Theresa Garnett ), on lepoint.fr〕 In April 1909, she spark some interest by chaining herself, along with four other activists, to a statue in the Central Lobby of the Houses of Parliament to protest against a law forbidding precisely this kind of thing - disorderly conduct within the Palace of Westminster when the Parliament was in session. On November 14, 1909,〔 she assaulted Winston Churchill at the Bristol gare, with a horsewhip, but failed to cause any injury. Arrested, she's sentenced to a month in prison at the HM Prison Bristol for disturbing the peace (Churchill didn't press charges for the assault itself). She goes on a hunger strike, is force-fed, tries to put her cell on fire, and finish her time in hospital.〔(Theresa Garnett ), biography on ''Spartacus Educational''.〕 She received for her actions, from the WSPU, a brooch for her imprisonment, and a medal of honor for the hunger strike.〔(Description of her photography by Col. Linley Blathwayt )〕 In 1910, she becomes organizer for the WSPU in Camberwell, but leaves the Union after some disagreement about the WPSU's arson campaign. She stays favorable to the feminist movement,〔 becoming honorary editor for the Women's Freedom League bulletin in 1960.〔 During the first world war, she works as a sister at the Royal London Hospital and in France.〔 She dies in 1966,〔 almost penniless.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Theresa Garnett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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