Miss Lettice Annie Floyd

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: In 1907, Annie subscribed to the Birmingham Women's Suffrage Society and started a local branch in Berkswell, Warwickshire. However, very soon afterwards, the branch ceased to exist, as Annie left home aged 42 to join the WSPU as a paid organiser. This was a big risk for Annie, but she was frustrated by the lack of progress made by constitutional (law-abiding) societies. In 1908, she spent some time in Bristol working with Mary Blathwayt and Annie Kenney. There she met a fellow campaigner from Cornwall, Annie Williams, and the two became lifelong companions. That same year, Annie was arrested and sentenced to one month in prison for her part in a 'rush' on the House of Commons. In summer 1909, she returned to Bristol and, in 1911, gave a donation to the Men's Political Union for Women's Enfranchisement (MPU). She relocated to Newcastle when Annie Williams became a WSPU organiser there in 1910. The two must have travelled down to London again as, in 1912, both women were in Holloway Prison, having been arrested for taking part in the WSPU's window-smashing campaign. Annie went on hunger strike and was forcibly fed.

Other Suffrage Activities: Annie got involved in the National Council of Women, the Women's International League and the Women's Institute after the First World War.