Surveillance image of the Suffragette Helen Archdale

Surveillance image of the Suffragette prisoner Helen Archdale.
Helen Archdale (nee Russel) was the daughter of the editor of 'The Scotsman' newspaper, and had attended St. Andrew's university before marrying Lt Col T.M. Archdale. After three children and a period in India, she joined the the militant Women's Social and Political Union on her return to Scotland in September 1908. In October 1909, Archdale was imprisoned in Dundee, charged with a breach of the peace. On the 28th October, she went on hunger strike along with four others, none of whom were forcibly fed, and all were released after four days. In December 1911 she was sentenced to two months in Holloway for window breaking. Archdale again went on hunger strike but, on this occasion, was forcibly fed.