Kathleen Eleanor Roy Rothwell

Dates: 1874 - 1917

Lived at: 4 Chatham Close

Suffrage organisation(s):

• Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU)
• Women's Tax Resistance League

Key roles:

• Frequently spoke for the WSPU in London and Scotland
• Participated in suffragette window smashing campaign in 1911
• Imprisoned in Holloway for two months in 1911
• Spoke frequently about her prison experience and criticized the conditions for female prisoners

1911 Census:

• Successfully evaded being counted.

Militant Activities:

• Participated in the suffragette window smashing campaign in 1911 and was arrested and imprisoned for two months in Holloway Prison
• Refused to pay property taxes and property distrained by bailiffs in lieu of fines

Other achievements:

• Taught violin and languages privately

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