Leeds

===="One Saturday in February 1913, Leonora Cohen entered the Jewel House at the Tower of London. She removed an iron bar from her coat and threw it at a glass showcase containing insignia of the Order of Merit. Beefeaters immediately forced the woman to the ground and arrested her. ====

====Wrapped around the bar was a piece of paper stating: "This is my protest against the Government's treachery to the working women of Great Britain." ==== ====That woman was Leeds-born activist Leonora Cohen. Like so many suffragettes, she lived in middle class comfort but was unafraid of breaking the law to publicise her cause. ====

====She was charged with causing unlawful and malicious damage to an amount exceeding £5 and was bailed for trial by jury. By the time Leonora returned home to her husband and young son in Leeds her story was headline news. ====

====Her courage and articulacy when she conducted her own defence in the ensuing court case won her much admiration. An expert witness, stated that the cost of repairs would only be £4 10s, enabling the jury to acquit her because it could not be proven that she had caused damage exceeding £5" ====

Miss Ellen Heaton;
====She walked down many streets in Leeds like Woodhouse Lane and Raglan Road handing out a petition to people who worked in shops and people living in houses. ====


 * ====Mary Gawthorpe started the WSPU in Leeds in 1906 ====
 * Meetings held at Leeds Art Club (Woodhouse Lane)
 * Big demonstrations held in the city in 1908
 * ====Meetings held on Woodhouse moor where big suffragette leaders met ====
 * ====1908 Jenny Bains attacked Asquith and refused to pay her fines ====
 * ====She spent 6 weeks in Armley Jail where some other suffragettes campaigned ====
 * ====Frank Rutter offered his house to suffragettes recovering from hunger strikes ====
 * ====Lilian Lenton and Harry Johnson set fire to a house at Balby ====