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PETERLOOAt previous meetings, the authorities had been unable tocapture the radical colours and had suffered somehumiliating rebuffs. The volunteer Yeomanry atManchester were determined to reverse these defeats.When he heard the women would be on the platformagain at Manchester, the Bolton magistrate and spymasterColonel Fletcher wrote privately that such meetings “oughtto be suppressed, even though in such suppression, avigour beyond the strict letter of the law may be used in sodoing”. With Fletcher looking on, this was exactly whathappened at Peterloo.‘Women beaten to theground by truncheons’Mary Fildes, president of the Manchester FemaleReformers, is depicted in prints waving a radical flag fromthe front of the platform as the troops attack. She guardedher flag until the last minute, then jumped from theplatform, catching her white dress on a nail and being cutby a sabre as she struggled to get free.As she ran, she was beaten to the ground by a specialconstable who seized her embroidered handkerchief-flag,and then dodged another sabre blow and escaped intohiding for the next fortnight – although badly wounded shesurvived and continued to campaign for the vote.Others were arrested in her stead and detained for dayswithout trial in wretched conditions. One of them,Elizabeth Gaunt, suffered a miscarriage afterwards – herunborn child is listed as one of the victims of Peterloo onthe new memorial in Manchester.George Cruikshank’s famous graphic images of troopsattacking defenceless women and children formed theenduring image of Peterloo in the public mind. After thispropaganda disaster, next time round, in 1832, thegovernment dared not risk sending in troops againstunarmed crowds of reformers gathered in cities such asBirmingham, Manchester and Leeds. The House of Lordsbacked down at the third time of asking and the GreatReform Act was passed.Behind Britain’s famous long history of gradual reform laythe shock of Peterloo. And behind the granting of thefranchise to more men lay the bravery of women.Visit The Conversation for more great historical andpolitical articles at www.theconversation.com/ukCaricature by George Cruikshank depicting the charge upon the rally08 INSIDE HISTORY
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