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Women's Suffrage: The Hankinson-Goode CollectionDUVAL (EMILY) & THE WSPUCollection of letters, printed ephemera and drawings relating to the Duval family and their involvement with the WSPU, comprising: i) Typed carbon copy of Mrs Emily Duval's statement following her six-month incarceration in H.M. Prison Winson Green, Birmingham, for taking part in militant action on behalf of the WSPU on 1 March 1912, describing in unsparing detail the harrowing ordeal of three sessions of force-feeding over two days in June ("...I was taken downstairs... into what is called 'The Nursery' which looked to me like a slaughter house... Then they held my head back and forced this Nasal tube, which was most agonising... I did not know how to breathe... What I went through all that night I cannot tell... pains in my head, pains in my ears, and my nose was pouring all night through and I was vomiting all night through... I simply felt mad to think that anybody could be so cruel... "Now take my advice and take the cup" [the Doctor said] "I tell you I won't; you shall carry me out a corpse first"... With that the gag was put in my mouth. The same performance gone through... I could see that tears were in the eyes of many of the wardresses..."), 7 leaves, 3 on lined paper, dust-staining, creases and marks, folio (335 x 210mm.), Birmingham, 30 June 1912 ii) Correspondence from Emmeline Pethick Lawrence and Lady Constance Lytton to Emily Duval, including: Autograph letter signed ("Emmeline Pethick Lawrence") to Emily Duval ("My dear Mrs Duval"), paying tribute to her work for the cause ("...I see you now clearly in that Hospital Ward at Holloway... all those troubles are forgotten now and we rejoice together at what they won for others... I think of Lady Constance & Emily Davidson... I have been having letters lately from Christabel in Canada. She is very well & happy & so is Mrs Pankhurst. They have four adopted children... I had the great pleasure of being at Mrs Despard's birthday party... The longer I live, the more thankful I am that I was allowed to be one of that great fighting comradeship that changed the status of women..."), 9 pages, creased, some marks, 8vo (180 x 118mm.), Gomshall, Surrey, 15 October 1924; Autograph letter signed "Constance Lytton" to Mrs Duval ("Dear Mrs Duval") sending a photograph of herself and asking for one in return "...as a remembrance of our time together in Holloway Remand Hospital... I wish people who scoff at our imprisonments could know more of what you have had to suffer in Holloway...", 4 pages, 8vo (178 x 116mm.), Homewood, Knebworth, 2 August [19]09; with an autograph letter signed "L Garrett Anderson" to Lady Lockyer, introducing Lady Constance Lytton, 3 pages, 8vo (178 x 166mm.), Harley Street, 25 May 1910; and a portrait postcard of Lytton and related newspaper cuttings iii) Printed ephemera including two membership cards for the WSPU (one with membership pledge detached); membership card for the Young Purple, White & Green Club (for Girls and boys from 8 to 21 years of age); two tickets for meetings at the Queen's Hall, with Mrs Pethick Lawrence and the Pankhursts as speakers; subscription form for Women's Franchise, 1907; Anti-Liberal handbill, Hastings, March 1908; supplement to Votes for Women, 1 October 1909; printed election pamphlets for Victor Duval 1924 ('All Women Should Vote Duval'), etc. iv) Portrait of one of the Duval sisters, possibly Elsie, half-length, seated, wearing a green dress with pink trim, watercolour on board, unsigned, 247 x 185mm.Footnotes'THEN THEY HELD MY HEAD BACK AND FORCED THIS NASAL TUBE, WHICH WAS MOST AGONISING': A harrowing first-hand account of the practice of force feeding from a celebrated activist and letters of recognition from the leaders of the WSPU. Emily Duval (1861-1924) joined the WSPU in 1906 but in 1907 left to join the Women's Freedom League and took part in their campaign of protesting in police courts when women were in the dock. She was imprisoned se