Source 57:  Newspaper report, The Edinburgh Evening Dispatch, 11 March 1914

Description

Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was due to address a public meeting at St Andrew's Hall in Glasgow on 9 March 1914 as part of a Scottish tour. Mrs Pankhurst had recently been released from prison as part of the 'Cat and Mouse' Act, and the police intended to re-arrest her so that she could serve the rest of her sentence. Many of the women who attended the meeting complained about the behaviour of the police; witnesses said that they used unnecessary force to control the crowd.

This report, which appeared in the Edinburgh Evening Dispatch on 11 March 1914, describes the public reaction to the St Andrew's Hall incident, and provides an account of the women's suffrage meeting which took place in Edinburgh on 10 March. Emmeline Pankhurst had been due to speak at the meeting.