…candidature of most interest to women is that of Mr. James Connolly…

More on James Connolly in Belfast including his election campaign in 1913 in the Dock Ward.

Suffragettes, James Connolly and hunger-striking

The modern tactic of hunger-striking was largely devised by the suffragette movement in 1909. As a tactic it attempted to capture people’s imagination and, it was hoped, awaken an interest in the political issues at hand. By doing so it attempted to mobilise public opinion against the authorities. The suffragettes used hunger strikers in prisons