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Annie Kenney (Springhead, 13 settembre 1879 – Letchworth Garden City, 9 luglio 1953) è stata un'attivista inglese, suffragetta, appartenente al proletariato.
Ann "Annie" Kenney (13 September 1879 – 9 July 1953) was an English working-class suffragette and socialist feminist who became a leading figure in the Women's Social and Political Union. She co-founded its first branch in London with Minnie Baldock.
21 set 2018 · A previously unknown letter from Annie Kenney, the working-class activist who became the first woman imprisoned for campaigning for the vote, is due to go on public display for the first time after being uncovered by Oxford historian Dr Lyndsey Jenkins during her research.
13 set 2019 · Annie Kenney was a well-known suffrage activist from Lancashire, usually described as the only working-class woman to achieve prominence in the organization. This article analyses how the WSPU initially made much of Annie Kenney’s social origins, attracting significant press attention.
21 ott 2018 · A statue design has been unveiled of the "underestimated" suffragette Annie Kenney, who was arrested after asking Winston Churchill about voting rights. Along with activist Christabel...
Annie spent the summer of 1905 travelling around Lancashire speaking for women’s suffrage. On Friday 13 October, Liberal grandees, including Sir Edward Grey and Winston Churchill, were campaigning in Manchester, holding a meeting at the Free Trade Hall.
When Christabel Pankhurst fled to Paris to avoid arrest in 1912, Annie Kenney was put in charge of the WSPU in London - the only working-class woman in a position of authority in the organisation.
