Mary Jane Clarke

Mary Jane Clarke
Born
Mary Jane Goulden

1862 (1862)
Salford, Manchester, England
Died1910 (aged 47–48)
London, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationSuffragette
Known forfirst suffragette to die for the cause
Spouse
John Clarke
(m. 1895⁠–⁠1904)
Parent
RelativesEmmeline Pankhurst (sister)

Mary Jane Clarke (née Goulden; 1862–1910) was a British suffragette. She died on Christmas Day 1910, two days after being released from prison, where she had been force-fed. She was described in her obituary by Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence as the suffragettes’ first martyr. She was the younger sister of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst.


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