General Drummond

Postcard with photographic portrait of Flora Drummond (1879-1949), signed by the sitter. Beneath is printed 'General Drummond, The National Women's Social and Political Union' and the address of the organisation.
Flora Drummond was one of the original members of the WSPU. In 1906 she moved with the Pankhursts from Manchester to London and became a paid organiser for the campaign. She was imprisoned 9 times for her suffragette activities, once serving three weeks for chaining herself to the railings of 10 Downing Street. Nickamed the 'General' by her fellow suffragettes, Drummond was a keen horsewoman and enjoyed heading WSPU processions dressed in a peaked cap and epaulettes.
The photograph was taken by Lizzie Caswall Smith, a photographer who made a number of suffragette portraits,