The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #108253 Message #2251451
Posted By: Cats
02-Feb-08 - 10:16 AM
Thread Name: BS: I Voted
Subject: RE: BS: I Voted
In April 1913 my grandmother, Emma Davey [Bourne], along with other women, left a 'bomb' in the gents toilet of Oxted Railway Station in Surrey, Uk. It was found before they could get it down onto the rails where they had hoped to disrupt the train that was bringing the Prime Minister down to his country weekend retreat. 2 weeks after she was caught trying to set fire to the station in order to disrupt the Prime Minister again. She was sentenced and went to Holloway prison where she was force fed. Why? So that women and working class men in the UK would have the right to vote or the right to put None of the Above on their ballot paper. So, when deciding if you can be bothered to vote or not, give a thought to Emma and the thousands of women all over the world who fought and died so you have the right to put a small cross in a box. Then tell me it's not worth it! Apparantley I take after her......