Grace Roe (1885-1979) joined the Women’s Social and Political Union in 1908 and became an organiser in Ipswich. She was a militant suffragette but mainly organised people to carry out demonstrations or covert actions, particularly after Annie Kenney was imprisoned for arson in 1913. Grace was also a go-between for the WSPU in London and Christabel Pankhurst in Paris. You can find more about her in the Mapping Women’s Suffrage website: [ Ссылка ]

The postcard from LSE’s collection shows Christabel and Emmeline Pankhurst, c.1910. standing together in the street, in front of a crowd of men including several policemen; printed inscription on reverse (archive no: 7JCC/O/02/120).

Here Grace Roe speaks with reference to visiting Christabel in Paris and the friends that she had there. She refers to the personal magnetism of both Christabel and Emily Pankhurst.

Grace Roe spoke to the historian Brian Harrison as part of the interviews he conducted with early twentieth century feminists between 1974 and 1981. You can find out more about those interviews here: [ Ссылка ]. This is just a small section from her interviews which has been turned into a video by putting the edited sound file together with relevant images from the Women’s Collection at LSE Library.

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