On this day, 14 February 1913, a group of Suffragettes damaged Evington Golf Course **** Now The Leicestershire Golf Club*** in Leicester to protest the lack of women's rights. On the green, someone had set a bonfire ablaze and used the words ‘Votes for Women’ were marked with some sort of corrosive fluid and cut out in the turf by means of a gardening tool.

The work was carried out overnight, with the suffragettes apparently taking advantage of the fog to conceal their actions.

This was not an isolated or unique incident. In addition to this golf course, there were reports of damage to other golf courses in various parts of the country. Golf greens in Sheringham, Sandwich, Cromer, Chingford, Acton and other places were all destroyed; with the greens damaged, cut and burnt.

In the town of Sheringham, eight greens were damaged, and in Cromer, six greens were also damaged. The grass was cut and, on each green, empty fluid bottles and a flag bearing the suffragette emblem were found. On one of the greens, the words "Cheer up Birrell" had been cut out in capital letters, and other words such as "No votes, No Golf", "No surrender", and "Votes or War" were found.

At Cromer, the grass was badly hacked, and flags were struck on the links bearing inscriptions such as “War on Government Measures”, “Women's War” and “Better be Hostile than Indifferent”.

The following day, Sylvia Pankhurst and Miss Emerson were both released from Holloway Prison shortly after noon on Saturday, February 15th. Some person unknown had paid their fines.

It was rumoured, although not confirmed, that Alice Hawkins, whose statue now adorns Green Dragon Square in Leicester, was one of the women responsible, and Elizabeth Frisby, the first female Lord Mayor of Leicester, may have also been involved in the burning of Evington Golf Club, where her father was chairman. There were other failed burning attacks at Stoughton Hall and Neville Holt Hall.