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Miniature telescope, made of brass-like metal with a black leather sheath. Stanhopes were novelty souvenirs popular during the 19th century. The image can be seen by holding it up to the light and looking into the tiny hole.

British suffragist,…

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Ceramic tobacco jar with a removable head in the shape of a woman with large eyes and an open mouth. She is wearing the purple, green, and white colors of the Women's Social and Political Union on her hat and the sash on her shoulder.

Inscribed…

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Red, white and blue pinback button. The name "Women's Apparel Union" and "Women's Oversea Hospitals, U.S.A." surround center image of a nurse standing in front of the flags for Great Britain, the United States, and France.

The National American…

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Red, green and white pinback button with the name of the organization, the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. The NUWSS was founded in Great Britain in 1897 by the merger of the National Central Society for Women's Suffrage and the Central…

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Votes for Women was launched and co-edited by Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence and her husband, Frederick Pethick-Lawrence in 1907. The journal began as the official publication of the militant suffrage organization, the Women’s Social and Political Union…

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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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Essay published by the London Society for Women's Suffrage about the definition of women's suffrage.

The author describes the meaning of the word suffrage, the importance of recognizing the joint issues of taxation and representation, and the…

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Compilation of three brief essays:
The first, written by Fawcett, was reprinted from "The Outlook";
The second is a response to Fawcett's article, written by C.W. Radcliffe Cooke, M.P.;
The third is Fawcett's response to Radcliffe Cooke.

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In 1907, the London Society for Women's Suffrage became the Central Society for Women's Suffrage.
The report includes a list of the officers and executive committee members, as well as a list of the societies included in the parent organization,…
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