Printed Ephemera — C. 1912
Postcard, portrait postcard
Janie Terrero was initially, from c.1905 a member of the non-militant National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies In 1908 she shifted her allegiance to the militant Women's Social & Political Union.
In 1910 Janie established a WSPU branch in Pinner, where she lived, and became branch Honorary Secretary. Her husband Manuel Terrero was a member of the Men's Political Union For Women's Enfranchisement. The couple often hosted garden parties at their home to raise funds for the campaign.
JanieTerrero took part in the WSPU window smashing campaign of 1912. Convicted of smashing 4 plate glass windows the Oxford Street branch of Messrs Steddalls, a manufacturing retailer of women's ready to wear clothing Janie was sentenced to four months in Holloway prison with hard labour in the second division. Whilst imprisoned in DX wing in Holloway she joined the Suffragette hunger strike and was forcibly fed by the authorities.
This was Janie's first and only period of imprisonment for militancy. She strongly disagreed with the Pankhursts' removal of Emmeline and Frederick Pethick-Lawrence from the WSPU in 1912, and appears to have taken little part in the suffrage campaign following this split in the leadership.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 50.82/1116a
- Object name:
- postcard, portrait postcard
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- Production date:
- c. 1912
- Material:
paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 137 mm, W 88 mm (overall)
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- Record quality:
- 100%
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Permanent collection
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