Encyclopedias: Spartacus Educational: The Emancipation of Women: Constance Lytton

Description: Abstract - Born in 1869 she spent the first eleven years of her life in India. In 1908 she joined the Women's Social and Political Union. In 1911 she suffered a stroke which left her partly paralyzed. Unable to take an active role in the suffragette struggle, she concentrated on writing articles and pamphlets on women's rights for the WSPU. Constance also wrote a book on her experiences in the suffragette movement called Prisons and Prisoners. She died in 1923.