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university is in a race against time to save several tree clippings from a “lost” suffragette plantation that were discovered in their archives 60 years after the plantation was destroyed.

The Suffragette's Retreat, also known as Annie's Arboretum, was home to numerous suffragettes, including Millicent Fawcett and Emmeline Pankhurst, between 1909 and 1911 as they recuperated from prison sentences by planting trees and gardening.

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