Barbara Ayrton Gould and her husband are one real couple who both supported female suffrage. In Suffragette Helena Boham Carter portrays pharmacist and bomb maker Ellyn.
Barbara studied chemistry and physiology at University college in London. The Goulds didn’t abandon their quest for women suffrage.
She became a menber of WSPU in 1906 and she was a full-time organizer for the group by 1909. Barbara and Gerald Gould got married in 1910. Gerald supported women’s suffrage pamphlet entitled The Democratic Plea.
ACTIONS: In march 1912 Barbara participated in smashing store windows.
CONSEQUENCE: She spent time in prison, she went to France for a time to avoid being arrested. She was frustated by WSPU leadership and Barbara left the groupe in 1914.
ACTION: In 1914 they were among the founders of the United Suffragists which has welcomed both men and women as members.
RESULTS: That group ended its campaign when 1918’s Representation of People Act gave women limited suffrage.
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