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Description: London, July 9 - The latest heroine of the suffragette cause is Miss Walace [sic] Dunlop, who recently was sentenced to a month's imprisonment in Holloway jail for posting notices on the walls of the house of parliament. Miss Dunlop organized a hunger strike in the prison and the authorities discharged her this afternoon after she had refused food for ninety-one hours. Miss Dunlop has been in prison only five days.
Title: Suffragette starves herself out of jail
Credit: Chronicling America Image provided by Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records; Phoenix, AZ
Author: Daily Arizona silver belt
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License: Public domain
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