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The Suffragette.– "Down with Man Made Laws!"

[Image: A young girl in a pink dress and oversized hat speaking from atop a barrel, next to a "Votes for Women" sign in Trafalgar Square, London, England. She appears to be handing out information about the women's suffrage movement while an officer…

Tags: "Votes for Women" placard, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bow, British, Canvasser, Canvassing, Child, Civil disobedience, Determined, Dress, Duty, Girl, Happy, Hat, Law, Lion, London, Mocking, NON-HUMAN, Pamphlet, Police, PUBLIC, Public speaking, Shoes, Soapbox, Standing, Statue, Suffragette, Uniform, walking, Working man

Suffragettes chalking a pavement

Miss Christabel Pankhurst

National Women's Social and Political Union

Tags: British, British suffragette, Christabel Pankhurst, HISTORICAL FIGURES, London, NATIONALITY, Photograph, Portrait, Suffragette, Women's Social and Political Union, WSPU

VOTES FOR WOMEN: BAND OF THE WOMEN'S SOCIAL & POLITICAL UNION.

[Image: Photograph of the fife and drum marching band for the Women's Social and Political Union. They frequently accompanied demonstrations staged by the WSPU.] 9x14cm; Print

Tags: Activist, ACTIVITIES, AGE, British, Costume, Drums, FASHION, INTERNATIONAL, London, Marching band, Music, Parade, PLACE, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, Woman, Women's Social and Political Union, WSPU, Younger woman

BRISTOL "VARSITY STUDENTS REVENGE." THE WRECKED SUFFRAGETTES HEADQUARTERS.

[Image: A large crowd gathers outside the Women's Social and Political Union meeting place in London to witness the destruction of the headquarters by students of Bristol University. The students were responding to the burning down of their sports…

Tags: Activist, ACTIVITIES, AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, ANIMAL, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bristol, British, CLASS, Crowd, Hat, HISTORY/GOVERNMENT, Horse, London, Man, NON-HUMAN, Photograph, PLACE, PUBLIC, VIOLENCE, Woman, Women's Social and Political Union, Working class, WSPU

London Life. “Votes for Women.”

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Woman holding a blown-up poster of the front page of The Suffragette with the headline, "An Anti-Shock by James Barr"

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, British, British suffragette, FASHION, Fashionable, Hat, Holloway Brooch, London, Masculinized woman, Newspaper, Newspapers, Photograph, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, SUFFRAGE ADVERTISING

London Life. Arrest of a militant suffragette.

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Hustle them in, and bustle them in,
Scoop up th’ shriekin’ mob
Who says that “Justice” is going to win
When “the Law” takes up the job?”

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, Arrest, Audience, British, British suffragette, HISTORICAL FIGURES, Horse, London, Mary Phillips, Militant, Parade, Photograph, Police, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, Suffragette, TRANSPORT

Hyde Park Demonstration, Sunday June 21 1908.
Miss Christobel Pankhurst, LL.B & Mrs Pethick Lawrence.

From suffragepostcards.wordpress.com: The Museum of London has images of this event.

Tags: "Votes for Women" sash, AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, British, British suffragette, Christabel Pankhurst, Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, FASHION, Fashionable, HISTORICAL FIGURES, Hyde Park, London, Parade, Photograph, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, Rally, Statue, Woman

Hyde Park Demonstration, Sunday June 21 1908.
Mrs Pankhurst, Mrs Wostenholme Elmy.

Tags: "Votes for Women" sash, AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, British, British suffragette, Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy, Emmeline Pankhurst, Fashionable, Flag, HISTORICAL FIGURES, Hyde Park, London, Photograph, PLACE, Police, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, Rally, Woman

"THE HOUSE" that man built: Statesmen

THE HOUSE that our Statesmen for years have controlled Ruling the world with mind fearless and bold;
Can Women expect
To rule such a HOUSE.
She that’s afraid of a poor little mouse:
NO! NO!! Suffragette your place in not yet,
Inside THE HOUSE…

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, ANIMAL, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Big Ben, British, CLASS, EMOTIONS, GENDER/SEXUALITY, HOUSEHOLD, London, Masculinized woman, Mouse, NON-HUMAN, PLACE, PUBLIC, STATESMEN/STATESWOMEN, Suffering woman, Woman, Working class

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