Hannah Mitchell was born on 11 february 1872 and she died on 22 october 1956 when she was 84 years old. She was British and she was an English suffragette and socialist. Born into a poor family in Derbyshire, she left home at a young age to work as a seamstress in Bolton, where she became a socialist. She began to speak publicly at meetings. She joined and worked for the WSPU. She toured the country making speeches. (Later, she helped to organise a meeting of 40 ex-suffragettes in Manchester). She was charged with obstruction and went to prison for three days. In 1907, she suffered a nervous breakdown which her doctor put down to overwork and malnourishment. In 1918, the Representation of the People Act gave the right to vote to 40% of women.
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