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Autograph request
Signed letter sent to Bray by Mabel Tuke on 16th April 1914.
The letter was in response to Bray requesting the autograph of Emmiline Pankhurst, the leader of the UK Suffragette Movement. Tuke replied stating everyone was too busy and so was rejecting Bray's request. However, by signing the letter Tuke had provided her own autograph.
Mabel Kate Tuke born Mabel Kate Lear (19 May 1871 - 22 November 1962) was a British suffragette known for her role of honorary secretary of the militant Women's Social and Political Union.
Mabel was introduced to the WSPU by Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence and joined in 1906, becoming its honorary secretary until the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. Mabel was very close to WSPU leaders Emmeline Pankhurst (who nicknamed her 'Pansy' after a flower) and Christabel Pankhurst. In 1911, Mabel Tuke took part in the suffrage boycott of the goverment's census survey by 'evading' census officials. In March 1912, Mabel threw a stone, with Emmeline Pankhurst, through a window where the Prime Minister lived at 10 Downing Street. She was arrested and sent to prison for three weeks. However, she was dismissed because her health badly deteriorated, and she left the country for South Africa to recover.
Source: https://www.suffrageresources.org.uk/database/2572/mrs-mabel-tuke
