Violet Aitken

In November 1911, she held the bridle of a police horse during a WSPU protest, and was arrested and sent to Holloway prison.

In March 1912, she and Clara Giveen were arrested for damaging £100 of windows at Jay's clothing shop in London's Regent Street.

[2] Aitken was awarded a Hunger Strike Medal 'for valour' by WSPU.

[citation needed] Her father and mother were pained by her involvement in violent protests, as he wrote in his diary,[3] although he later recognised women's calls for being allowed to vote were 'after all only an act of justice'.

[2] Aitken had considered leaving her editorial job at The Suffragette and pursuing a literary career, but rescinded that decision after the funeral of Emily Davison, who had died after throwing herself onto the racetrack.