Miss Laura Geraldine Lennox

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: Geraldine (her preferred name) was inspired by the deputation to the House of Commons that took place on 29 June 1909 and joined the WSPU the day after. She was based at the WSPU London offices, due to her experience as a secretary. She organised the Irish section of a deputation in June 1910, though there is no evidence to suggest that she herself took part in one. In 1913, she was arrested in a police raid on the WSPU offices, with other workers there. She was charged with conspiracy and was sentenced to six months in prison, which she spent in Horfield Prison, Bristol. She went on hunger strike and was released on licence under the 'Cat and Mouse Act'. She was recaptured and let out after hunger striking again, and this time used various disguises to evade recapture by the police. She stayed working for the WSPU in Ireland until the war broke out in 1914.

Other Suffrage Activities: Geraldine worked with a hospital unit in France during the First World War, and afterwards continued her feminist interests. She was on the management committee of the Women's Pioneer Housing Association (which sought to improve women's access to housing), the Six Point Group (which campaigned on women's issues) and the Women's Auxilliary Service.