Miss Selina Martin
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Born: 1882
Died: 1972
Place of birth: Ulverstone, Lancashire, England
Occupation: Domestic servant/nurse
Main Suffrage Society: WSPU
Arrest Record: Yes
Recorded Entries: 4
Other sources: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4769024
https://collections.museumoflondon.org.uk/online/object/494319.html
Family information: Father owned a bookshop.
Additional Information: Selina probably joined the WSPU around 1908. She was a working class woman and was arrested for incidents such as rushing the House of Commons in 1908, protesting the Prime Minister at Bingley Hall in Birmingham in 1909, and throwing an empty ginger beer bottle at the Prime Minister's car in Liverpool when he refused to answer her questions about votes for women. During her imprisonments, Selina was treated badly and was often denied her basic rights, even before she had been tried in court. She was dragged around and assaulted, handcuffed and forcibly fed. This was the experience of many working class suffragettes who were imprisoned, contrasting starkly with the treatment of privileged middle and upper class women, as highlighted by Lady Constance Lytton.