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  • John Johnson Collection, Votes for Women
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  • John Johnson Collection, Votes for Women ticket recto
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  • John Johnson Collection, Votes for Women ticket verso
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  • John Johnson Collection, Mrs Drummond
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  • John Johnson Collection, Great Votes
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  • John Johnson Collection, Souvenir p1 4
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  • John Johnson Collection, Souvenir p2 p3
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Suffragette movement material

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1908

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The items shown here were preserved as souvenirs of one the key events of the Suffragette movement – a mass rally in Hyde Park on 21 June 1908, attended by over 250,000 people and culminating at 5pm in a great shout, ‘Votes for Women!’ The Liberal government of H. H. Asquith was unmoved, and the first hunger strikes and window-smashing demonstrations took place in the following year. It was not until 1928 that women were finally entitled to vote on the same terms as men.

They are shown alongside a postcard supporting the Anti-Suffrage Movement, a political organization composed mainly of women.

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These items represent such an important moment in history for women. I love the sense of solidarity and commitment you can see here. And you can't fail to be impressed by the sight of Mrs Drummond standing on a barge in the Thames addressing Parliament without the need for a megaphone...

Posted by Alison Prince

On 05/09/2011

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