Holloway brooch#Recipients

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The Holloway brooch was presented by the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) to women who had been imprisoned at Holloway Prison for militant suffragette activity. It is also referred to as the "Portcullis badge", the "Holloway Prison brooch" and the "Victoria Cross of the Union".

Background

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Beginning in 1902 Holloway Prison was a female-only prison in London, England.{{cite web |title=Holloway Prison closure announced |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-34924459 |website=BBC News |access-date=15 August 2019 |date=25 November 2015}} In the early part of the twentieth century many suffragettes were incarcerated at the prison. As their actions became more militant the women received more severe sentences. Once in prison the women continued their protests, eventually going on hunger strikes as they demanded to be designated as "political prisoners".{{cite news |last1=Davies |first1=Caitlin |title=The Suffragettes and Holloway prison |url=https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/discover/suffragettes-holloway-prison |website=Museum of London |access-date=15 August 2019 |language=en}}

Holloway brooch

The Holloway brooch was designed by Sylvia Pankhurst. Made of silver, it depicts the portcullis symbol of Parliament and a broad arrow, associated with prison uniforms, in purple, white, and green enamel.{{cite book |last1=Garrett |first1=Miranda |last2=Thomas |first2=Zoë |title=Suffrage and the Arts: Visual Culture, Politics and Enterprise |date=2018 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=9781350011830 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i1twDwAAQBAJ&q=recipients+of+the+Holloway+brooch&pg=PT226 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Holloway Prison brooch |url=https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/electionsvoting/womenvote/parliamentary-collections/collections-suffragettes/brooch/ |website=UK Parliament |access-date=15 August 2019 |language=en}} The brooches were given to suffragettes upon their release from Holloway. The size is one inch by {{frac|3|4}} of an inch.{{cite web |title=Clara Giveen Holloway Brooch |url=https://www.rowanandrowan.com/Articles/532873/Rowan_and_Rowan/Historical/Historical_ITEMS/Ref_Clara_Giveen.aspx |website=Rowan and Rowan |access-date=16 August 2019 |archive-date=11 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411194507/https://www.rowanandrowan.com/Articles/532873/Rowan_and_Rowan/Historical/Historical_ITEMS/Ref_Clara_Giveen.aspx |url-status=dead }} It was manufactured by Toye & Co London.{{cite web |title=A silver Holloway Prison brooch with enamel suffragette colours |url=https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/a-silver-holloway-prison-brooch-with-enamel-suffr-249Aa-c-dae40b1983 |website=Invaluable.com |access-date=16 August 2019 |language=en}}

On 29 April 1909 the first brooches were distributed at a large meeting at the Albert Hall organised by the WSPU.{{cite news |title=Collecting Suffrage: The WSPU Holloway Brooch |url=https://womanandhersphere.com/2012/10/19/collecting-suffrage-the-wspus-holloway-brooch/ |newspaper=Woman and Her Sphere |access-date=15 August 2019 |language=en |date=19 October 2012}}{{cite web |title=Our history – Suffragette brooch |url=https://islingtonlife.london/discover-islington/blog/our-history-suffragette-brooch/ |website=Islingtonlife.london |access-date=15 August 2019 |language=en |archive-date=15 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815211235/https://islingtonlife.london/discover-islington/blog/our-history-suffragette-brooch/ |url-status=dead }} The first brooches were presented by Christabel Pankhurst and Emmeline Pankhurst, Annie Kenney and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence.{{cite web |title=From the Archives: The 'Holloway' brooch presented at historic Suffragette meeting, 29 April 1909 |url=https://www.royalalberthall.com/about-the-hall/news/2016/april/from-the-archives-the-holloway-brooch-presented-at-historic-suffragette-meeting-29-april-1909/ |website=Royalalberthall.com|access-date=15 August 2019}}

Recipients

Dora Beedham{{Cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/feb/06/we-owe-it-to-their-memory-family-stories-100-years-since-the-suffragette-movement|title='We owe it to their memory': family stories 100 years since the suffragette movement|date=6 February 2018|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=4 November 2021}}
Sarah Benett
Violet Ann Bland
Lady Constance Bulwer-Lytton
Mabel Capper
Joan Cather{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1975-0811-1|title=medal | British Museum|website=Britishmuseum.org}}
Leonora Cohen
Louie (Louisa) Cullen{{Cite web|url=https://www.nla.gov.au/stories/blog/behind-the-scenes/2016/06/24/louie-cullen-part-two|title=Louie Cullen—part two|website=Nla.gov.au|access-date=15 April 2021|archive-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103192028/https://www.nla.gov.au/stories/blog/behind-the-scenes/2016/06/24/louie-cullen-part-two|url-status=dead}}
Emily Davison
Kate Williams Evans{{Cite web|url=https://insidecroydon.com/2018/07/13/rare-suffragettes-hunger-strike-medal-is-set-to-be-auctioned/|title=Rare suffragette's Hunger Strike medal is set to be auctioned|date=July 13, 2018|website=Insidecroydon.com}}
Theresa Garnett
Clara Giveen
Katie Edith Gliddon
Laura Geraldine Lennox{{cite web |title=Who's Your Heroine? Laura Geraldine Lennox |url=https://www.rte.ie/culture/herstory/2020/0127/1111251-whos-your-heroine-laura-geraldine-lennox/ |website=Rte.ie |access-date=24 March 2020 |language=en |date=27 January 2020}}
Anna Lewis{{Cite web|url=https://www.lawrences.co.uk/news/suffragette-medal-for-hunger-strike-and-for-valour-bought-for-27-250/|title=Suffragette Medal for Hunger Strike and for Valour bought for £27,250… | Lawrences Auctioneers|website=Lawrences.co.uk}}
Selina Martin
Edith Bessie New
Annie Seymour Pearson

{{cite web|url=http://yorkcivictrust.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Suffragettes-STUDENT-V1.pdf|access-date=3 June 2020|title=York Civic Trust|website=Suffragettes-STUDENT-V1.pdf|pages=22–23}}

Pleasance Pendred{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/past-catalogues/lot.php?auction_id=36&lot_uid=67259|title=Lot 669, Orders, Decorations and Medals (21 September 2001) | Dix Noonan Webb|website=Dnw.co.uk}}
Grace Roe
Amy Sanderson{{Cite web|url=https://womanandhersphere.com/2020/09/18/collecting-suffrage-mrs-amy-sanderson-scottish-speaker-for-the-womens-freedom-league/|title=Collecting Suffrage: Mrs Amy Sanderson, Scottish Speaker For The Women's Freedom League|website=Womanandhersphere.com|date=September 18, 2020}}
Janie Terrero
Minnie Turner
Julia Varley