Not Known

45

Single

Beechwood House, Berkswell, CV7 7DA

WSPU

Evades

Annie and her sister Mary were early subscribers to the Birmingham Women's Suffrage Society and founded a Berkeswell Branch in 1907 of which Annie and her sister Mary were treasurer and honorary secretary respectively. However, by 1908 the two had joined the WSPU and travelled extensively during the campaign. Annie was imprisoned with other suffragettes during the 'rush' on the House of Commons, and for window smashing in 1912 for which she was imprisoned, went on hunger strike, and was forcibly fed. Annie returned home periodically but was certainly absent from home on census night on the 2nd April, 1911, and so she may have been evading as part of the suffrage census boycott.The WSPU were committed to attaining the Vote using a variety of means including law-breaking often in high profile and headline grabbing ways which became increasingly violent. For more about Lettice, see: Elizabeth Crawford, The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928 (London: Routledge, 2001).