Their northern organiser was Woodhouse-born Mary Gawthorpe, although I'm told that the Yorkshire end of things was often done by Adela Pankhurst. Adela was the youngest of the Pankhurst daughters, and seems to have suffered some kind of burnout soon after, emigrating to Australia and not seeing her family again.
But anyway, on Monday 27 July 1908 the demonstration was reported in the local press. The Yorkshire Post took a snooty Daily Telegraph-esque tone, but the Leeds Mercury had a larger and wittier article, and some photos too.
I'll type up the prose and post it here soon, but here's the photos to be getting on with.
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Suffragette Demonstration.
Local suffragettes, reinforced by some of the leaders of the movement, demonstrated in Leeds yesterday in favour of "Votes for Women". After a procession from the Leeds Town Hall, speeches were delivered from several platforms on Woodhouse Moor, and in the photograph Mrs Pethick Lawrence is seen advocating the cause with some earnestness.
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A Scene on Woodhouse Moor.
On Woodhouse Moor a crowd of some dimensions had gathered to approve or gratify their curiosity. Our photograph shows Miss Adela Pankhurst addressing a crowd from one platform. The insets are - (1) Mrs P Lawrence, (2) Miss Keevil, (3) Mrs Pankhurst, and (4) Miss Kenney.
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