Jessie Landale Cumberland

Jessie Landale Cumberland (1861–1935) was a British suffragette. She was a member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) and the Church League for Women's Suffrage and was awarded the Hunger Strike Medal.

Jessie Landale Cumberland
Born	1861 Nainital, Uttarakhand, British India
Died	1935 (aged 73–74) Wimbledon, London, England
Organisation(s)	Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) Church League for Women's Suffrage
Awards	Hunger Strike Medal

Biography

Cumberland was born in 1861 at Nainital, Uttarakhand, British India.^[1]

Cumberland became active in the women's suffrage movement, as a member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) and the Church League for Women's Suffrage.^[2] She participated in the Black Friday suffrage protest on 18 November 1910 as a member of the WSPU deputation, but was not arrested on that occasion.

Cumberland was arrested again in November 1911 and in 1914. After her 1914 arrest, she was sentenced to imprisonment at Holloway Prison and went on hunger strike. She was awarded the Hunger Strike Medal.^[3]

Cumberland died in Wimbledon, London, England, in 1935.^[3]

In 2023, Cumberland's Hunger Strike Medal sold for £18,270 at auction.^[3]