In 1906, suffragist Ivy Gertrude Heppell, from Bristol, was imprisoned for her part in the campaign to allow votes for women. She was 19 at the time. She and four other women were arrested for disrupting the House of Commons and calling 'Votes for Women'.

When asked in court whether she had any questions for the Magistrate, she said 'I should like to ask him if he was a working woman what would he do to get justice for women and children?' When addressing him she said 'Well, what would you do to try and make things better for people who are worse off than yourself- for poor old people who are not able to get any work, and for poor children who go to school hungry?' The Magistrate replied 'I see you are only nineteen years old. I don't think you would have the vote any way. They don't get the vote until they are 21.'