KP/AK/2/BRO/1 - Letter, Millicent Browne to Annie Kenney, 14/3/1951

Reference code

KP/AK/2/BRO/1

Level of description

Item

Title

Letter, Millicent Browne to Annie Kenney, 14/3/1951

Date/s

14/3/1951

Quantity & Format

2 leaves Letters (MS)

Creator

Browne, Millicent, 1881-1975

Creator

Kenney, Annie, 1879-1953

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Millicent Browne (1881-1975) was an active participant in the suffragette movement, travelling around Britain to give speeches in support of women’s suffrage. She was one of the helpers at the WSPU Bristol branch, which was headed by Annie Kenney in the early 1910s. In 1909, Browne planted a holly bush in the Suffragette Plantation at Eagle House. Browne wrote an unpublished autobiography in 1935, held in the archives in York. She writes to Annie after listening to the BBC radio broadcast of a programme dedicated to the suffragette struggle, 'The Women’s Rebellion'. Annie very much disliked it as she felt it misrepresented her by minimising her contribution and portraying her as a simple “mill girl”.

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Existence and location of copies

A digital copy may be viewed at Suffragette Stories: https://suffragettestories.omeka.net/items/show/50

KP - The Kenney Papers
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  - KP/AK/2 - Correspondence
    - KP/AK/2/BRO - Correspondence with Millicent Browne
      - KP/AK/2/BRO/1 - Letter, Millicent Browne to Annie Kenney, 14/3/1951