Lady Lytton's Court Diary, 1895-1899

192pp. Cyan cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Slightly rubbed spine heel. Top text block edge a little dusty, remaining edges tanning. Endpapers starting to fox and tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket sun-faded, has light shelf wear, chipping to spine head, mirrors book damage, price clipped. Lady Constance Bulwer-Lytton (d. 1923) was an activist suffragette, writer and campaigner for prison reform.  Imprisoned more than once for her protest activities, she refused special privileges derived from her family's status (her father had been Viceroy of India).  She joined the Women's Social and Political Union - the most militant of suffragette groups - and campaigned for Votes for Women.  She as also an early vegetarian and advocated for animal rights.  Her court diaries come from a period of her life before she was converted to the suffragette cause.