Reisa Thompson

In 1913, before the outbreak of the First World War, a sort of coup d'etat was carried out by Women Social's and Political Union (WSPU) in Downing Stree in Westminster, London. During the suffragette bombing and arson campaign, Special Branch detectives discovered that the WSPU had plans to create a suffragette "army" known as the "People's Training Corps" and informally as "Mrs Pankhurst's Army". The army was intended to proceed in force to Downing Street to imprison ministers until they conceded women's suffrage. Officer Reisa Thompson was sent by the counter-terrorist Special Branch of London's Metropolitan Police to resolve the conflict.