Source 58:  Photograph of Mrs Pankhurst (with caption), The Edinburgh Evening Dispatch, 10 March 1914, p 4

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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 photograph of Emmeline Pankhurst appeared in the Edinburgh Evening Dispatch on 10 March 1914, the day that she had been due to address a women's suffrage meeting at the Synod Hall, Edinburgh.