It was published by the Glasgow branch of the Women's Social and Political Union(WSPU).

[1] The foreword was written by Theresa Gough,[2] a journalist and active speaker for the WPSU, whose nom de plume was ‘Karmie M.T.

All proceeds of sales went to the WSPU[5] The poems expressed the imprisoned women's sense of solidarity and subversion, poetry itself having been regarded since the 1830s as a "dangerous form" by traditional educationists.

[6] One contributor to the collection was Emily Davison,[7] best known for her death on Epsom Racecourse in campaigning for the vote.

Whenever in through we re-enter that yard, within its high, grim walls we see each as we knew her there: our revered Leader, Mrs. Pankhurst, courageous, serene, smiling; Dr Ehel Smyth, joyous and terrific, whirling through a game of rounders with as much intentness as if she were conducting a symphony ; Dr L. Garrett Anderson, in whose eyes gaiety and gravity are never far apart - but we cannot name them all, for there are scores who made that yard a pleasant place.