Suffragette being force fed with the nasal tube in Holloway Prison, London, 1909. Artist: Unknown

Suffragette being force fed with the nasal tube in Holloway Prison, London, 1909. Artist: Unknown

2-378-367 - Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images

Suffragette being force fed with the nasal tube in Holloway Prison, London, 1909. In response to their hunger strikes several suffragettes were subjected to being force fed. They went on hunger strike in protest at the government's refusal to treat them as political prisoners.

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