Newport suffragette Margaret Haig Mackworth is being commemorated today. The postbox where she posted a 'small incendiary device' in 1913 has been decorated in suffragette colours and speakers will pay tribute to those who fought for equality.
Newport suffragette Margaret Haig Mackworth, later known as 2nd Viscountess Rhondda, is being commemorated today.
In 1913 Lady Rhondda posted a 'small incendiary device' in a postbox on Risca Road in Newport as part of the suffragette movement.
She was imprisoned after refusing to pay a fine, and was released only after going on hunger strike.
Today the same postbox has been decorated in suffragette colours and speakers will pay tribute to those who fought for equality.
Today also marks 100 years since suffragette Emily Wilding Davison stepped in front of King George V's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby in the name of women's rights.
She suffered serious injuries, which resulted in her death four days later.
The incident proved to be a precursor to change for women in Britain.
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