Helen Kirkpatrick Watts marble plaque

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. 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 Recorded plaque organisation: Nottingham Women's History Group.

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.