Autograph letter signed by WSPU leader Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence 1917

PETHICK-LAWRENCE, Emmeline (1867-1954). Autograph letter signed, 87 Clement's Inn, London, 9 February 1917.
 
1 sheet folded, written on 3 sides, 180 x 110 mm. Light fold marks and minor handling wear, overall, very good.
 
A personal letter by the suffragette leader Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, written during the First World War and reflecting on the loss of a friend.
 
Together with her husband Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence was one of the central organisers and financiers of the Women's Social and Political Union, helping to transform the suffrage movement in the years before the First World War.