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Helen Kirkpatrick Watts marble plaque

Commemorative plaque

Why this matters

Helen Kirkpatrick Watts was an active suffragette who fought for women's voting rights, enduring multiple arrests and imprisonments including hunger strikes to advocate for her cause. Her dedication to securing a fundamental human right significantly contributed to the women's suffrage movement in Britain.

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Overview

Helen Kirkpatrick Watts marble plaque is recorded as Commemorative plaque in England City Of Nottingham. This marble commemorative plaque records: Helen Kirkpatrick Watts 1881-1972 Suffragette Helen was arrested three times & imprisoned twice while campaigning for Votes for Women. In 1909 she served one month in Holloway Gaol & five days in Leicester Gaol, where she went on hunger strike.

Why it was made

The saved account records: This marble commemorative plaque records: Helen Kirkpatrick Watts 1881-1972 Suffragette Helen was arrested three times & imprisoned twice while campaigning for Votes for Women.

People and events

The saved account records: In 1909 she served one month in Holloway Gaol & five days in Leicester Gaol, where she went on hunger strike.

How it worked

The label Commemorative plaque gives the safest clue to purpose or form. It does not by itself prove the exact building method, daily use, age or sequence of changes at this place.

What remains

The official record fixes the place and calls it Commemorative plaque. It does not provide a full list of finds or a current condition report, so visible and buried remains are not guessed.

Why it mattered

Helen Kirkpatrick Watts marble plaque matters because its inscription ties a person, group, event or old local practice to this exact place. The source records: Helen Kirkpatrick Watts 1881-1972 Suffragette Helen was arrested three times & imprisoned twice while campaigning for Votes for Women. In 1909 she served one month in Holloway Gaol & five days in Leicester Gaol, where she went on hunger strike. She always insisted she was "fighting for a human right." This Juniper tree was planted by members of the Watts family & the Nottingham Women's History Group The importance lies in the life remembered here, not in the plaque as a piece of metal.

History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.

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