Ellen Isabel Jones
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Ellen Isabel Jones was an English Suffragette
and close associate of the Pankhurst
s.
She was imprisoned in Holloway Prison, having been arrested in Downing Street
for throwing stones at the windows. She did five days of "hunger and thirst" but was not force-fed
. Details of these events are held in an archive of her papers at The Women's Library in London
.
Her husband was Dr Ernest Williams Jones of Aldridge
, Staffordshire
, the first General Practitioner
to receive the M.D. degree. They had four boys. Dr Jones was an early disciple of Freudian psychoanalysis
and by coincidence friends with Freud's biographer, also called Ernest Jones
.
Suffragette
"Suffragette" is a term coined by the Daily Mail newspaper as a derogatory label for members of the late 19th and early 20th century movement for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, in particular members of the Women's Social and Political Union...
and close associate of the Pankhurst
Pankhurst
Pankhurst is a surname, and may refer to:Members of a prominent family of suffragettes:* Emmeline Pankhurst , one of the founders of the British suffragette movement...
s.
She was imprisoned in Holloway Prison, having been arrested in Downing Street
Downing Street
Downing Street in London, England has for over two hundred years housed the official residences of two of the most senior British cabinet ministers: the First Lord of the Treasury, an office now synonymous with that of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and the Second Lord of the Treasury, an...
for throwing stones at the windows. She did five days of "hunger and thirst" but was not force-fed
Force-feeding
Force-feeding is the practice of feeding a person or an animal against their will. "Gavage" is supplying a nutritional substance by means of a small plastic tube passed through the nose or mouth into the stomach, not explicitly 'forcibly'....
. Details of these events are held in an archive of her papers at The Women's Library in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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Her husband was Dr Ernest Williams Jones of Aldridge
Aldridge
Aldridge is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, in the West Midlands, England. Historically it was part of the county of Staffordshire, but in 1974 it was incorporated into the Walsall borough as well as the West Midlands county.- History :...
, Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
, the first General Practitioner
General practitioner
A general practitioner is a medical practitioner who treats acute and chronic illnesses and provides preventive care and health education for all ages and both sexes. They have particular skills in treating people with multiple health issues and comorbidities...
to receive the M.D. degree. They had four boys. Dr Jones was an early disciple of Freudian psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis is a psychological theory developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalysis has expanded, been criticized and developed in different directions, mostly by some of Freud's former students, such as Alfred Adler and Carl Gustav...
and by coincidence friends with Freud's biographer, also called Ernest Jones
Ernest Jones
Alfred Ernest Jones was a British neurologist and psychoanalyst, and Sigmund Freud’s official biographer. Jones was the first English-speaking practitioner of psychoanalysis and became its leading exponent in the English-speaking world where, as President of both the British Psycho-Analytical...
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