Holloway Jingles

Holloway Jingles is a collection of poetry written by a group of suffragettes who were imprisoned in Holloway jail during 1912. It was published by the Glasgow branch of the Women's Social and Political Union. The poems were collected and edited by Nancy A John, and smuggled out of the prison by John and Janet Barrowman.[1] The foreword was written by Theresa Gough,[2] a journalist and active speaker for the WPSU, whose nom de plume was ‘Karmie M.T. Kranich'.[3]

Holloway Jingles
Cover of a pamphlet
Cover of the poetry collection
AuthorWSPU Glasgow branch
GenrePolitical poetry
Publication date
1912 (1912)

The cover depicts two drawings of a bare cell with a check pattern design.[4] The publication was advertised for sale in the newspaper Votes for Women[5] for a cost of 1 shilling. All proceeds of sales went to the W.S.P.U.[5]

The poems expressed the imprisoned women's sense of solidarity and subversion, poetry itself having been regarded since the 1830s as a "dangerous form" by traditional educationists.[6] One contributor to the collection was Emily Davison,[7] best known for her death on Epsom Racecourse in campaigning for the vote.[8]

Poems
  • "The Women in prison" by Kathleen Emerson
  • "Oh, who are these in scant array", by Kathleen Emerson
  • "To a fellow prisoner" (Miss Janie Allan), by anonymous, but thought to be Margaret McPhun[9]
  • "There was a small woman called G" by anonymous
  • "There's a strange sort of college" by Edith Aubrey Wingrove
  • "Before I came to Holloway" by Madeleine Caron Rock
  • "Full tide" by AA Wilson
  • "Who" by Kate Evans
  • "The cleaners of Holloway" by Kate Evans
  • "To D.R. in Holloway" by Joan Lavender Bailie Guthrie (Laura Grey) . Thought to be about Dorothea Rock[1][10]
  • "Holloway, 8th March" by A Martin
  • "The beech wood saunters idly to the sea" by Katherine M Richmond
  • "An end" by AA Wilson
  • "L'Envoi" by Emily Davison
  • "Newington butts were lively" by Alice Stewart Ker

See also

References
  1. Pickering and Chatto. "Suffragettes" (PDF). Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  2. Christiansen Nelson, Carolyn. Literature of the Women's Suffrage Campaign in England. p. 158.
  3. Gardner, Viv; Atkinson, Diane (1 March 2019). Kitty Marion: Actor and activist. Manchester University Press. doi:10.7765/9781526138057.00014. ISBN 978-1-5261-3805-7.
  4. "Holloway Jingles". SCRAN. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  5. "Votes for Women". 31 May 1912.
  6. Bagüés Bautista, Marta (11 November 2021). "Deeds and Words: The Holloway Jingles and the Fight for Female Suffrage". ES Review. Spanish Journal of English Studies (42): 283–303. doi:10.24197/ersjes.42.2021.283-303. ISSN 2531-1654.
  7. "Photograph". Museum Wales. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  8. "Emily Wilding Davison | suffragette | blue plaques". English Heritage. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  9. "A Fellow Prisoner (Miss Janie Allan)". The People's Voice. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  10. Crawford, Elizabeth. "Suffrage Stories: 'Laura Grey': Suffragettes, Sex-Poison And Suicide". Woman and her sphere. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
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