Lady Constance Lytton, daughter of a Viceroy of India, seemed the most
unlikely of suffragettes. Witnessing the trial of Emmeline and
Christobel Pankhurst, she was converted to the cause of women's
suffrage. Constance changed her life, rejected her aristocratic
background, and acquired a purpose. As an activist Lytton disguised her
identity to avoid privileged treatment and when arrested, and
subsequently jailed, went on hunger strike, being force-fed eight times.
Constance Lytton became both an inspiration and a martyr.
Lyndsey Jenkins is a political speechwriter who has written for some
of the United Kingdom's most influential politicians.