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Ann "Annie" Kenney (13 September 1879 – 9 July 1953) was an English working-class suffragette and socialist feminist who became a leading figure in the Women's Social and Political Union. She co-founded its first branch in London with Minnie Baldock.
Annie spent the summer of 1905 travelling around Lancashire speaking for women’s suffrage. On Friday 13 October, Liberal grandees, including Sir Edward Grey and Winston Churchill, were campaigning in Manchester, holding a meeting at the Free Trade Hall.
Sep 28, 2018 · Annie Kenney, who took part in the movement’s first militant act, wrote to her sister after being released from prison.
Jun 8, 2020 · Her name was Annie Kenney, and she was not only a fierce campaigner for women’s suffrage but also a committed socialist. Her soft features disguised a steel inside her that led her to strike fear in the heart of the British establishment.
Annie Kenney was charged with "incitement to riot" in April 1913. She was found guilty at the Old Bailey and was sentenced to eighteen months in Maidstone Prison. She decided that Grace Roe should now became head of operations in London.
Mar 30, 2022 · In total Annie Kenney was sent to prison 13 times for her Suffragette activism. She retired from politics after the vote was won in 1918 but recorded her experience in her autobiography Memories of a Militant.
Oct 21, 2018 · A statue design has been unveiled of the "underestimated" suffragette Annie Kenney, who was arrested after asking Winston Churchill about voting rights. Along with activist Christabel...
Apr 15, 2020 · Information about Oldham mill worker and suffragette Annie Kenney, and sources about her in the Working Class Movement Library.
Oct 21, 2018 · A statue design has been unveiled of the "underestimated" suffragette Annie Kenney, who was arrested after asking Winston Churchill about voting rights.
…its members, Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney, thrown out of a Liberal Party meeting for demanding a statement about votes for women, were arrested in the street for a technical assault on the police and, after refusing to pay fines, were sent to prison.
