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Prisons and prisoners

by Constance Georgina Lady Lytton

"Prisons and Prisoners is the autobiography of aristocratic suffragette Constance Lytton, In it, she details her militant actions in the struggle to gain the vote for women, including her masquerade and imprisonment as the working-class "Jane Warton." As a member of a well-known political family, Lytton's arrests garnered much attention at the time, but she was treated differently than other suffragettes because of her class. Though other suffragettes were forcibly fed while on hunger strikes, she was released; "Jane Warton," however, was forcibly fed, an act that permanently damaged Lytton's health, but that also became a singular moment in the history of women's and prisoners' rights."--Jacket.

Chappie’s discussion starters

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?