[8] The first issue was published on 17 October 1912,[8] and The Suffragette's business manager Agnes Lake often liaised with Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst about improving the publications content and layout during its run.

[9] Princess Sophia Duleep Singh lived in a grace and favour apartment in Hampton Court Palace and had a pitch outside where she sold The Suffragette.

[12][13] On 30 April 1913, the newspaper business manager Agnes Lake was arrested alongside Beatrice Sanders, Rachel Barrett, Harriet Kerr and Flora Drummond, in a police raid of the WSPU headquarters.

[17] To avoid arrest, editor Christabel Pankhurst fled to France, but continued to provided editorial lead to The Suffragette through visitors such as Annie Kenney and Ida Wylie who crossed the Channel for her advice.

At the outbreak of World War I, in September 1914 Christabel Pankhurst returned to Britain and the Suffragette newspaper was renamed Britannia on 15 October 1915.