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'''Annie Kenney''' (13 September 1879 – 9 July 1953) was an English working class [[suffragette]] who became a leading figure in the [[Women's Social and Political Union]]. She
co-founded its first London branch with [[Minnie Baldock]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/oct/12/suffragettes-white-middle-class-women-pankhursts|title=The suffragettes weren’t just white, middle-class women throwing stones|last=Jackson|first=Sarah|date=12 October 2015|work=The Guardian|access-date=22 February 2018|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref> She also attracted the attention of the press and the public in 1905 when both she and [[Christabel Pankhurst]] were imprisoned for several days for [[assault]] and [[Obstructionism|obstruction]], after heckling [[Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon|Sir Edward Grey]] at a [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] rally held in [[Manchester]] on the issue of votes for women. This incident is credited with inaugurating a new phase in the struggle for women's suffrage in the UK, with the adoption of [[wikt:militant|militant tactics]].