Etiquette Breach Miffs Duchess

Public Domain image of Lady Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire in 1912, wife of Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire.

WOMEN GUESTS CRY “VOTES” ARE BANISHED

Duchess of Devonshire Won’t Tolerate Breach of Etiquette

LONDON, June 17— There was a meeting at Devonshire House today at the Colonial Nursing Association. Princess Henry of Battenberg was present while Lewis Harcourt, a member of the cabinet, was speaking two suffragettes interrupted him with their cry of “Votes for Women.”

The Duchess of Devonshire reminded the women they were guests in the house and in the circumstance she had no alternative but to request that they withdraw. The women were led from the room. — Chico Record, 1912

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