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Lady Constance Georgina Bulwer-Lytton (12 February 1869 – 2 May 1923), usually known as Constance Lytton, was an influential British suffragette activist, writer, speaker and campaigner for prison reform, votes for women, and birth control.
Lady Constance Georgina Bulwer-Lytton (12 February 1869 – 2 May 1923), usually known as Constance Lytton, was an influential British suffragette activist, writer, speaker and campaigner for prison reform, votes for women, and birth control.
A portrait of a suffragette and daughter of the 1st Earl of Lytton, who campaigned for women's rights and wrote about her prison experiences. See seven images of her and learn more about her life and achievements.
May 24, 2018 · To celebrate the centenary of the Representation of the People Act, all of the Turbulent Londoners featured in 2018 will have been involved in the campaign for women’s suffrage. This post is about Lady Constance Lytton, an aristocrat who was imprisoned four times for the suffrage movement.
Born in 1869, in Vienna, Austria. Although she was raised as member of the privileged, ruling class elite within British Society, she rejected this background to join the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), the most militant group of Suffragette activists, campaigning for "Votes for Women".
English militant suffragist. Name variations: Lady Constance Lytton. Born Constance Georgina Lytton in Vienna, Austria, on February 12, 1869; died on May 22, 1923; third child of (Edward) Robert Bulwer Lytton, 1st earl of Lytton (1831–1891, author and viceroy of India, as well as son of Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton) and Lady Edith ...
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Mar 7, 2017 · When Lady Constance Bulwer-Lytton was arrested in 1909 for protesting outside British parliament, and went on prison hunger-strike, for demanding women’s right to vote, she was, to prevent an embarrassing political fuss, released early.
