Mary Richardson
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Mary Richardson was a British suffragette best known for slashing Velázquez’s painting “The Rokeby Venus” in 1914 as a militant protest for women’s rights.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary Richardson canonical | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British suffragette
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person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British Museum and gallery protests
ⓘ
Emmeline Pankhurst NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cause |
women's rights
ⓘ
women's suffrage in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| convictedOf | criminal damage ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Canada ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| date | 1914 ⓘ |
| employedBy | Women's Social and Political Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Richardson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEffect | increased public attention to militant suffragette tactics ⓘ |
| hasMotivation | protest against the treatment of Emmeline Pankhurst ⓘ |
| knownFor | slashing Velázquez’s painting The Rokeby Venus ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Women's Social and Political Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | women's suffrage movement ⓘ |
| notableAction | attacked artwork in National Gallery as suffrage protest ⓘ |
| notableEvent | arrest for damaging The Rokeby Venus ⓘ |
| notableWork | attack on The Rokeby Venus ⓘ |
| occupation |
political activist
ⓘ
suffragette ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
exclusion of women from the vote
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patriarchal legal system ⓘ |
| participantIn |
British women's suffrage movement
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
hunger strikes in prison ⓘ suffragette direct action campaign ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| placeOfDetention | Holloway Prison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | militant suffragette ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology | feminism ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| workLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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