[7] Her mother, Violet held the opposite view and was a cousin to Countess Markievicz and Eva Gore-Booth, both activists for women's rights.

Bryce joined the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) parade at the age of nineteen[7] was portraying 'the perfect woman' [8] riding on a white horse dressed in full armour with a banner in the style of Joan of Arc,[9][10] leading the forty thousand strong Women's Procession on 17 June 1911,[11] before George V's Coronation.

[5] The image of Saint Joan was seen to represent 'the militant women's ideal....in every act of hers they recognize the same spirit as that which strengthens them to risk their liberty and endure torture for the sake of freedom'.

[12] This was summed up a ' the loveliness of simplicity, purity, courage and militancy' which Bryce was acting in this parade and was an image used by WSPU as a symbol.

[13] The Museum of London has the original copyright image of Bryce as Joan of Arc cited in many of the references above.