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  5. Did the suffragettes boycott the 1911 census?

Did the suffragettes boycott the 1911 census?

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The militant suffragette Emily Wilding Davison on Census night hid in a cupboard in the House of Commons. Jane met historians Jill Liddington and Elizabeth Crawford to find out why.

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This is chapter 5 from the programme Woman's Hour, 21/03/2011. Listen to it here or listen to it in the context of the whole programme.

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Available since Mon, 28 Mar 2011.

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