LONDON, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Places across England that were at the center of action a century ago by votes-for-women campaigners were officially recognized Friday by Historic England.
The 41 sites include venues of mass meetings, places where windows were smashed, and prisons where campaigners went on hunger strike.
The tomb of leading campaigner Emmeline Pankhurst in London's Brompton Cemetery has been upgraded by Historic England to Grade II* Listed, which means particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Well-known places have also had their hidden histories revealed and preserved in a record of England's historic environment, as part of HerStories project celebrating suffrage centenary which helped win the vote for females aged 30 and over in 1918.
Sites on the list include London's Westminster Abbey where "prayers for prisoners" were used to disrupt services, the Bristol hall where suffragettes hired professional boxers to stop medical students from interrupting Mrs Pankhurst's speeches.
One of the most daring attacks was carried out by Leonora Cohen from Leeds who gained access to the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London and smashed the glass of the case containing the monarch's coronation regalia. Cohen, who never denied smashing the glass, was acquitted by a jury.
Historic England's Celia Richardson said: "The history of suffrage can be traced through the fabric of our city streets and buildings.
"Even though there are few tangible markers left 41 of the listed buildings and places the suffragettes used as their public theater of protest have had their official records updated, ensuring the part they played in the struggle for suffrage is fully recognized," Richardson said.
