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Periodical containing cartoons reprinted from the London Daily Express. On the final page of this issue is a cartoon by artist,
Sidney Strube entitled "Far from the madding crowd." The illustration shows the Prime Minister, Herbert Henry Asquith,…

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Color caricature of a woman in a long green dress reaching out with one hand. The subject was Christabel Pankhurst, eldest daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst and a co-founder of the Women's Social and Political Union.

The artist, Leslie Ward,…

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British suffragist, Bettina Borrman Wells discusses her three visits to the United States over a period of three years, when she visited areas where women were already enfranchised, including Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah.

Wells was active…

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On Thursday, August 19th 1909, eight members of the Women's Freedom League were arrested at different times in Downing Street, where they had gone to present a petition to Prime Minister, H.H. Asquith. The women were charged with 'obstructing the…

PERI-1911-01-1 front The Vote The Organ of the Womens Freedom League June 3 1911.jpg
The Vote was an English publication printed from 1909 until 1933.

This issue contains articles including:
"Why we want the vote: the woman journalist" by E.M. Tait; "The Hour and the Bill" by M. Slieve McGowan; "A Suffragette in the Shops" and…

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Handbill publicizing the planned deputation in Parliament Square, by the Women's Social and Political Union, on November 22, 1910.

POST-1907-02 WSPU Membership Pledge Card.jpg
Pledge card issued to members of the Women's Social & Political Union to affirm support of the organization's policies. After restructuring the organization in 1907, members were required to sign the pledge.
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