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I WANT A VOTE
"A perfect woman, nobly planned
To warn, to comfort and command."
I WANT A VOTE
GIVE ME A VOTE AND SEE WHAT I'LL DO
[Image: Postcard depicts an ugly buck-toothed suffragette waving a flag, "I want a vote," above her head in front of the…
To warn, to comfort and command."
I WANT A VOTE
GIVE ME A VOTE AND SEE WHAT I'LL DO
[Image: Postcard depicts an ugly buck-toothed suffragette waving a flag, "I want a vote," above her head in front of the…
THE LATE MISS E.W. DAVISON
[Image: Photographic postcard, portrait of Miss Emily Wilding Davison. Emily Wilding Davidson gave up her teaching post to become a career militant. She joined the Women's Social and Political Union in 1906. She served nine prison sentences, and…
From Prison to Citizenship
[Image: The postcard shows the Prisoners Pageant: 617 women in white wearing their prisoners' medals and carrying 'a glittering host of steely broad arrows' representing their imprisonment. Before them is the newly unfurled 'Hunger Strikers' banner…
Mrs. Pankhurst
[Image: Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928), Honorary Secretary and later, Honorary Treasurer of the Women's Social and Political Union, ca. 1909.
Emmeline was a charismatic leader and eloquent speaker. By 1913 she had served three prison sentences;…
Emmeline was a charismatic leader and eloquent speaker. By 1913 she had served three prison sentences;…
Suffragette Procession June 17, 1911
[This photographic postcard shows the Prisoners' Pageant section of the Women's Coronation Procession of Saturday 17 June 1911. Lawrence Housman designed the 'From Prison to Citizenship' banner in 1908 for the Kensington branch of the Women's Social…
Suffragette Procession and Hyde Park Rally
[This postcard shows a Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) rally in Hyde Park on 23 July 1910. The demonstration was staged in support of the Women's Conciliation Bill being debated in parliament at the time. Two processions converged on Hyde…
SUFFRAGETTES AT HOME – Alice Neilans Cleans the Stove
Women's Freedom League
1, Adelphi Street, Adelphi, W.C
1, Adelphi Street, Adelphi, W.C
The Suffragette nails her colours to the mast
Votes for Women: The Suffragette nails her colours to the mast
[Here the suffragette is depicted as a masculine woman wearing manly clothing including a pork pie hat, this being at the time a direct reference to lesbianism. Those opposing female…
[Here the suffragette is depicted as a masculine woman wearing manly clothing including a pork pie hat, this being at the time a direct reference to lesbianism. Those opposing female…
Poster parade of Ealing suffragettes
[This postcard shows a 'poster parade' by a group of suffragettes wearing sandwich boards printed in purple, white and green, the suffragette colours, to advertise a demonstration to be held on Ealing Common on 1 June 1912. This was one of a series…
Information Bureau, W.S.P.U.
[This postcard show the suffragettes at work in the information bureau and record office at the Women's Social and Political Union (W.S.P.U.)'s headquarters, Clement's Inn. By 1910 the W.S.P.U. employed 110 salaried staff. Together with an army of…