The Suffragette Prisoner Kathleen Trott

Surveillance photograph of the Suffragette Prisoner Kathleen Trott exercising in the yard at Holloway prison.
Kathleen Trott was a member of the Women's Freedom League. It is likely this image was taken was taken in March 1914 when Kathleen was in Holloway on a charge of 'obstruction.
Kathleen was one of four members of the WFL charged with obstructing the police during a picket outside Scotland Yard and the offices of the Director of Public Prosections. The picket was mounted in protest against the retention in the police force of two officer who, under oath, admitted being aware of a 'criminal' activity between a fellow policeman and a 14 year old girl. Found guilty of obstruction Kathleen and her fellow 'picketers' was sentenced to 14 days imprisonment.
The previous month Kathleen had been one of 7 members of the Women's Freedom League arrested and charged with obstruction during a scuffle with police in Downing Street in February. The arrests followed an attempt by the women to mount a 'raid' on Number 10 and 11 as well as ringing the bells of all buildings in Downing Street.
Scotland Yard commissioned the covert photography of militant suffragettes from 1913. The images were used to identify suffragettes attempting to enter public buildings such as museums and art galleries, where they might attempt to damage the objects.