Lady Constance Lytton: Prison Reformer and Suffragette

“Prisons, as you know, have been my hobby” wrote the prominent suffragette Lady Constance Bulwer—Lytton. An influential British activist as well as a writer, speaker and campaigner for votes for women – and not forgetting prison reform – Constance Lytton was born in Vienna and spent the first eleven years of her life in India (her father was the Viceroy). After meeting a number of suffragettes, particularly at the Esperance Club and including Emmeline Pethick—Lawrence, Constance took on the...