Alice Wheeldon. 1866-1919

Political activist and Suffragette.
On 6th March 1917 at Derby Guildhall Courthouse, Alice was falsely convicted of a plot to kill the Prime Minister.

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Quiz

Alice was falsely convicted of the assassination attempt on which Prime Ministers life?

[A] David Lloyd George 
[B] Robert Henry Asquith
[C] Reginald McKenna

There is a website dedicated to Alice’s story and the fight to clear her name

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