Jennifer Godfrey
@JennyGodfrey19
Author of ‘Suffragettes of Kent’ and ‘Secret Missions of the Suffragettes’ by Publisher Pen and Sword #ourEthel
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http://jennifergodfrey.co.uk 22-09-2017 12:25:26
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#GeneralElection2024 Countdown (34-days to go).
This week I was able to pay a fleeting visit to #Towcester Cemetery where March 1912 #glassbreaker Marie Louise Weller is buried with her #WSPU badge & certificate. I laid some flowers from my #Kent garden.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Secret-Mission…
I am part of the project team for this. Later this year with YOUR help we will transform the MedwayArtBox an old telephone box into a commemorative display for the 111th year since over 50,000 people made their way to #HydePark calling for #votesforwomen GET INVOLVED & PLS RT 🙏
#GeneralElection2024 Countdown (35-days to go) Vera Conway-Gordon, President & Sec. of #Rochester #Kent #NUWSS branch. Author & Women’s rights campaigner Vera is being remembered with Friends of Rochester Churchfields & Esplanade commemorative garden & 111 Years Forward #art project & #bookhunt 111yearsforward.wordpress.com
#GeneralElection2024 Countdown (36-days to go) The #WSPU used #codes for #suffragettes to send messages. Example:
Cotton B Silver Review
Meet Kenney at Charing Cross this evening
I’m looking forward to using this code in my #school talks/workshops. Get in touch if interested.
#GeneralElection2024 Countdown (38-days to go) #suffragette #prisoners secretly embroidered. The March 1912 Glassbreakers signed cloths & handkerchiefs & these were embroidered. Mary Ann Hilliard started one. Janie Terrero of #Pinner another. One is held LSE Library #embroidery
#GeneralElection2024 Countdown (39-days to go) My second book Secret Missions of the Suffragettes highlights buildings associated with the #suffrage campaigning. One of these is Bow Street Police Court now a #museum Bow Street Police Museum Do check it out: bowstreetpolicemuseum.org.uk
It’s 111 years ago that the nation organised a #pilgrimage to London. All those involved were campaigning for #votesforwomen We are running an #art project to commemorate this - want to get involved? Find out more: 111yearsforward.wordpress.com/medway-artbox
11 June, 6-7.30pm LSE Library Jane Cholmeley, author of 'A Bookshop of One's Own' will share the story of the Silver Moon, a dream of 3 women and a bookshop with a mission at the heart of the 1980s women’s liberation movement. Mudlark LSE Gender lse.ac.uk/library/events…
#GeneralElection2024 Countdown (41-days to go) Over the last 2 days I’ve shared insights into Ethel & Annie.I’ve met descendants of both women & hope to soon report on both families meeting up, 112 years after Ethel & Annie were paired up! jennifergodfrey.co.uk #votesforwomen
#GeneralElection2024 Countdown (41-days to go) accompanied by #votesforwomen stories! In both my books, Ann Violet Bland aka Annie. Aged 49 in 1912 when paired with Ethel Baldock to smash window at Northumberland Avenue. Began life as maid in NT Dudmaston Estate jennifergodfrey.co.uk