14 Facts About Eleanor Higginson

Eleanor Beatrice Higginson was a British suffragette.

Eleanor Higginson's father was a seaman who reputedly liked to drink too much.

Eleanor Higginson opened a health food shop in 1910 which she ran for ten years.

Eleanor Higginson was a well known Labour Party member so like a lot of female members she was approached by Edith Rigby to become a suffragette.

Eleanor Higginson attended meetings but did not initially want to get involved.

Eleanor Higginson took over from Hesmondhalgh as honorary secretary in April 1914.

Eleanor Higginson was not arrested at this point but she ended up being armed with stones to protest at the King's refusal to see them.

Many chose notable buildings but Eleanor Higginson chose a pub because she remembered how drink had dominated her father's life.

Eleanor Higginson was erroneously charged with breaking windows in Parliament Street and sentenced to four months in prison.

Eleanor Higginson refused food in protest at not being treated as a political prisoner.

Eleanor Higginson was temporarily released under the Cat and Mouse Act and then rearrested.

Eleanor Higginson served a few more days in jail before she was again temporarily released.

Eleanor Higginson's husband died in 1938 and Eleanor Higginson spent the end of her life in Bognor Regis living with her former WSPU colleague Elizabeth Hesmondhalgh.

Eleanor Higginson was interviewed about her experience in 1968 on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour.