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Conviction of two suffragettes, 1909
Two suffragettes sentenced to three and four months of imprisonment for pouring ink and toxic chemicals into a ballot box in London
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Daughters of Vakil al-Sifarah's complaint, 1919-1920
Documents relating the follow-up to the daughters of Vakil al-Sifarat's complaint about not receiving their share of inheritance, including: Farah al-Saltanah's call for justice to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She writes that after her father's death, his financial documents were kept in two boxes sealed at the embassies of Britain and the Ottoman Empire, but they are now in the posession of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and she wants the boxes opened. In another document, Sayf Allah Khan, the son of Amir Muqtadir Kirmanshahi, lodges a complaint against his wife, Farah al-Saltanah,...
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Encounter between suffragettes and police in London, 1910
Mr. Asquith's promise of supporting the suffragettes' initiative; suffragettes attacking Mr. Asquith's automobile and breaking the windows, an encounter with the police and the arrest of about one hundred women; suffragettes attacking the premises of Churchill and Kerry and breaking the windows, and the arrest of one hundred and fifty-eight women; Churchill's comments about the arrest of the women
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Suffragette's encounter with Churchill, 1909
Suffragette's arrest after attacking Churchill with a whip at a rail station in London
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Speech by Maryam Khanum, daughter of Mirza Mika’il, 1911
Maryam Khanum, daughter of Mirza Mika’il (Shah Miran), talks about the importance of education for girls