1909 #OTD Florence Canning #Hereford #WSPU #Suffragette planted an Oregon cedar at Annie’s Arboretum, Eagle House, Bath. She did not live to see women get the vote; Florence died Christmas Eve 1914. Read more: #HardWorkButGlorious from Ledbury Books (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

3 years ago #OTD we drove to Orphans Press Leominster to collect 400 copies #HardWorkButGlorious . They've gone, I've had a reprint & won an award CILIP! Buy: Ledbury Books online & instore; Hereford Cathedral The Courtyard Grange Court Leominster Museum Food For All #Bromyard

1913 #OTD Common Cause was advertising a visiting speaker to #Hereford : Alice Abadam #Suffragette . Chairing the meeting was Mary Lilley, wife of Canon Alfred Lilley, Hereford Cathedral, Archdeacon of Ludlow, Hereford Diocese. Read more: #HardWorkButGlorious (Image: The British Newspaper Archive).

1915 #OTD the #Hereford Journal published a wonderful photograph of a group of people Hereford Cathedral who'd been Hereford Racecourse raising money for Blue Cross UK. A number of these were also keen #suffrage supporters. Read more: #HardWorkButGlorious , available from Ledbury Books

1910 #OTD Votes for Women had a short item about the new #WSPU shop in Chelsea. #Hereford #Suffragette Florence Canning dressed the window - she was a gifted artist as well as a campaigner for the cause. Read more: #HardWorkButGlorious Ledbury Books (Image: The British Newspaper Archive)

The 1911 Census was taken on the night of 2 April, with protests from women who were unhappy about the lack of #suffrage . Check out the Mapping Women's Suffrage website, where I've blogged; for #Herefordshire stories, read #HardWorkButGlorious from Ledbury Books. mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk