Miss Henria Helen L Williams

Other sources: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4769024
Elizabeth Crawford, The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866?1928 (1999)

Additional Information: Henria lived in Essex and was arrested when taking part in a deputation to the House of Commons in 1909, but was released. She joined the Women's Tax Resistance League (WTRL) in 1910 and joined them in a deputation to the House of Commons in November that year. This later became known as 'Black Friday' because of the harm caused to women by violence meted out by the police. Henria got mauled in that violence and had to be given medical attention. Sadly, Henria never recovered from this experience and died of a heart attack eight weeks later. She made a profound statement about her treatment that day before her death, which read, 'one policeman, after knocking me about... took hold of me with his great strong hand like iron just over my heart. He hurt me so much that at first I had not the power to tell him... but I knew that unless I made a strong effort to do so he would kill me.'