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Sep 13, 2019 · Annie Kenney was a well-known suffrage activist from Lancashire, usually described as the only working-class woman to achieve prominence in the organization. This article analyses how the WSPU initially made much of Annie Kenney’s social origins, attracting significant press attention.
- Lyndsey Jenkins
- 2019
Sep 21, 2018 · A previously unknown letter from Annie Kenney, the working-class activist who became the first woman imprisoned for campaigning for the vote, is due to go on public display for the first time after being uncovered by Oxford historian Dr Lyndsey Jenkins during her research.
Annie Mathews Kenney Wife of Martin M. Kenney Birth Date: January 9, 1845 Died: March 15, 1928 Buried: March 16, 1928
Annie Kenney, who took part in the movement’s first militant act, wrote to her sister after being released from prison.
Sep 23, 2018 · Annie Kenney was a working-class woman from Oldham, who started working in a cotton mill at the age of 10. Though her role in the suffragette movement has often been downplayed, according to Jenkins, she played a prominent role in the suffragettes’ campaign and effectively led it between 1912 and 1914.
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 was the first woman to plant a tree, a conifer, in the Eagle House plantation, on 22 April 1909. On the same day, Constance Lytton planted her tree. The plantation was named 'Annie's Arboretum' by the Blathwayt family who wrote her with updates of its progress.
