Week 44 (Nov. 1-7): Voting

 Week 44 (Nov. 1-7): Voting

This weeks story isn’t linked to an ancestor of mine, BUT I’m pretty certain there is going to be a link I just haven’t found it yet. I really hope that there is a family link.

Norah Kathleen Lackey was born 26th July 1890 in Stoke Dameral, UK to Daniel and Katherine. She was the youngest child of 13. Her father was a military man and the family travelled around. This leads me to think she would have had a decent upbringing and life. It is believed she died in the mid 1960’s but myself and others haven’t found a death record.

The photo above shows her in 1929 in Paris, it was a postcard that she had sent to her niece.

Norah found herself involved with Suffragette Movement linked to “voting” for women and was arrested many times for causing trouble linked to the protests she joined. There are many newspaper articles linked to her, (and not just UK papers but around the world), and what she did – throwing missles, breaking windows, causing disturbance, breaking fire alarms and more, as well as prison documents. (some are below).

She is named on the suffragette roll of honour 1905-1914. Her signature appears in a book linked to the suffragettes and by her name says Birmingham/Bissington Prison 1st May 1912. (this info has come from a newspaper article about the book being sold in 2012.) Later in her life she became a free-lance journalist.

This lady stood up for what she believed in linked to the rights of women being able to “vote”. I really do hope that in time I can find a link to her and my line of the Lackey family.

She was imprisoned in Bow street, Holloway and Birmingham/Bissington. Whilst imprisoned she went on hunger strikes.

1 of her arrest documents
calendar of prisoners document
newspaper article about her

newspaper article
Norahs account of being in prison










the suffragettes autograph book which was sold and has her details in the page shown







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