"Letter to the Editor: Memories of the Kenneys", The Oldham Chronicle, 1966
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Title
"Letter to the Editor: Memories of the Kenneys", The Oldham Chronicle, 1966
Subject
Family
Description
Jessie Kenney article in the Oldham Chronicle: “Letter to the Editor: Memories of the Kenneys”
Published on 17 September 1966, Jessie’s letter addresses some inconsistencies in a previously printed article about the Kenney family in the same newspaper. These “grave mistakes” as she refers to them convey misinformation about her siblings. Her brother Rowland, for example, “was not the youngest son, he never emigrated to America, and never became editor of the New York dailies.” She also makes a point of objecting to the article’s representation of Annie. Instead of being educated by Mrs Pankhurst, as the article claimed, “my sister Annie got most of her education [. . .] at Whams House with her brothers and sisters,” writes Jessie. She also includes an account of Annie’s life and importance for the suffragette movement.
Published on 17 September 1966, Jessie’s letter addresses some inconsistencies in a previously printed article about the Kenney family in the same newspaper. These “grave mistakes” as she refers to them convey misinformation about her siblings. Her brother Rowland, for example, “was not the youngest son, he never emigrated to America, and never became editor of the New York dailies.” She also makes a point of objecting to the article’s representation of Annie. Instead of being educated by Mrs Pankhurst, as the article claimed, “my sister Annie got most of her education [. . .] at Whams House with her brothers and sisters,” writes Jessie. She also includes an account of Annie’s life and importance for the suffragette movement.
Creator
Kenney, Jessie
Source
Kenney Papers, University of East (UEA) Anglia Archives
Publisher
The Oldham Chronicle
Date
17 September 1966
Rights
Copyright: Estate of Jessie Kenney. All rights reserved. Included here by kind permission of Warwick Kenney-Taylor (son of Annie Kenney) and later generations of the Kenney and Taylor families.
Format
jpeg image file
Language
English (United Kingdom)
Type
Identifier
KP/SWH/4
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Original Format
Paper
Collection
Citation
Kenney, Jessie, “"Letter to the Editor: Memories of the Kenneys", The Oldham Chronicle, 1966,” Suffragette Stories, accessed June 12, 2025, https://suffragettestories.omeka.net/items/show/108.