Bertha Wilmot Ryland (12 October 1882 – April 1977) was a militant suffragette and member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) who after slashing a painting in Birmingham Art Gallery in 1914 went on hunger strike in Winson Green Prison in Birmingham[1] for which she was awarded the WSPU's Hunger Strike Medal.[2]
- ^ Nicola Gauld, 'The Fight for the Vote', Centre for West Midlands History, University of Birmingham, pg 1
- ^ Crawford, Elizabeth Suffrage Stories: ‘From Frederick Street to Winson Green’: The Birmingham Women’s Suffrage Campaign - Woman and Her Sphere