March 24th, 2-5pm I was part of a panel event exploring the legacy of the suffrage campaign through the eyes of writers today. Panelists included: Elizabeth Crawford, author of Art and Suffrage: a biographical dictionary of suffrage artists, June Purvis, author of Christabel Pankhurst: a Biography, Di Atkinson, author of Rise Up, Women! The Remarkable […]
March 13th, 6.30pm. Islington Town Hall, London Political Freedom Fighters at Holloway, part of International Women’s Day celebrations. Speakers included Di Atkinson on the suffragettes at Holloway, Kim Bonnar on the Irish Republicans, Carol Turner of Labour CND on the women of Greenham and Marj Mayo on community plans for the prison site.
‘Prison to Parliament: the Suffragettes and Holloway. Caitlin Davies’ book Bad Girls delves into the history of Holloway, shedding new light on the extraordinary stories of the women imprisoned there, including the Suffragettes’ Read the full interview here
‘Davies’ absorbing study serves up just enough sensationalism – and eccentricity – along with its serious inquiry. (She) uses the prison as a prism through which to chart changing attitudes to women over the past 164 years – beginning with the Victorian notion of “double deviance”, which suggested that female criminals had broken not only […]
March 10th, 10.00am. Turner Contemporary, Margate ‘100 years and counting!’ A day of talks, debate, and discussion. POW! is a festival of Arts and Culture celebrating and exploring issues around Feminism, Women and Girls. The day kicked off with the experiences of the suffragettes at Holloway Prison.
Caitlin took part in a panel discussion on ‘Gender Behind Bars’ as part of the Women of the World Festival at the Royal Festival Hall. Participants included representatives from Women in Prison, Inquest and the Centre for Criminal Appeals. The focus was on the harm of prison and how to reduce the number of women […]
Bad Girls launched at the London Metropolitan Archives, now home to the Holloway Prison archives. It was fantastic to celebrate the book’s publication on International Women’s Day, alongside those who have lived and worked at Holloway. The audience included relatives of imprisoned suffragettes, a descendant of the Duchess of Sutherland jailed in 1890, and a […]
I gave a talk about the suffragettes and Holloway Prison to current inmates at Downview, Surrey. This was part of Historic England’s HerStories campaign. The women at Downview will be producing suffragette inspired banners, along with artist Lucy Orta and the London College of Fashion, for a mass participation art event this summer.
I joined Open Book, BBC Radio 4, to explain the importance of books to the suffragettes imprisoned in Holloway. While their cells were provided with a book on domestic hygiene, A Perfect Home and How to Keep It, the suffragettes wanted a more challenging read. Some favoured Dickens’ prison novels, others chose the work of […]
Interview with Emily Finch. ‘Suffragettes made the most of their prison experience – it was a powerfully run PR campaign. The now empty 10-acre Holloway Prison site was once the hub of the women’s suffrage movement.’
‘Smashed windows, broken rules: the dark suffragette sites of London’. Jo Griffin explores the importance of suffragette sites in London, including the notorious Holloway Prison. More here
Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition, is MP for Islington North – the borough which is home Holloway Prison ‘Caitlin Davies writes with warmth, empathy and humour about the women – some brave and rebellious – who spent time in Holloway Prison. Assiduously researched, “Bad Girls” documents interweaving struggles […]
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