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Handbill : Votes for Women. To Hyde Park! 1908
Flier to announce plans for the June 21, 1908 upcoming demonstration in Hyde Park signed by the leaders of the organization, Emmeline Pankhurst, Mabel Tuke, Emmeline Pethick Lawrence, and Christabel Pankhurst.
The organization estimated a crowd…
The organization estimated a crowd…
Clipping : Cartoons magazine. As Viewed in Canada. [Circa 1912-1913]
Reproduction of a drawing by Arthur George Racey originally published in the Montreal Star.
As viewed in Canada. Canadian woman, "Why all this unnecessary and unasked fro fuss on my behalf. If I wish for suffrage in my country, all I have to do is…
As viewed in Canada. Canadian woman, "Why all this unnecessary and unasked fro fuss on my behalf. If I wish for suffrage in my country, all I have to do is…
Clipping : Cartoons magazine. Votes for Women. [1912]
Reproductions of drawings by Paul Plaschke, James North, and Arthur Racey originally published in the Louisville Post, Tacoma Daily Ledger, and Montreal Star.
"When The Women Vote" by Paul Plaschke shows a woman approaching a small house on…
"When The Women Vote" by Paul Plaschke shows a woman approaching a small house on…
Clipping : "American Women Decry Sensational Suffrage Campaign." [March 2, 1908]
Account of the disagreement between suffragists over the types of methods that should be employed to achieve their goals. Bettina Borrman Wells, of London England, advocates for militant methods to achieve women's suffrage and Harriet Stanton Blatch,…
Clipping : "English Suffragette Leader Now In America." [October 22, 1909]
Photographs with captions:
"Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, English Suffragette Leader who Arrived in New York Yesterday for a Lecture Tour of the United States"
"Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch, President of the Legion of Self-Supporting Women, and…
"Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, English Suffragette Leader who Arrived in New York Yesterday for a Lecture Tour of the United States"
"Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch, President of the Legion of Self-Supporting Women, and…
Clipping : "Petticoat War Again in England / Militant Suffragettes Reopen Hostilities on Houses of Parliament and furnish Amusement of Some of the U.S. Sailors." [November 18, 1910]
Account of a suffrage demonstration on Parliament in England led by Emmeline Pankhurst. 82 suffragists and supporters were arrested after bypassing a police cordon and making it to Prime Minister Asquith to demand introduction of the woman suffrage…
Clipping : "Suffragettes Mob Premier Asquith / Hundred women arrested during riot following assault on prime minister." [November 23, 1910]
Account of attack on the Prime Minister H.H. Asquith by suffragists following a session in the House of Commons where he made a campaign promise to postpone discussion of a suffrage bill until the next parliament. Rioting and violence continued…
Clipping : "Suffragettes Fight Policemen All Night / Send Augustine Birrell to bed badly crippled and beaten, smash many windows." [November 23, 1910]
Account of rioting by suffragists in England, where women stormed the home of Prime Minister Asquith, smashed windows in the homes of members of Parliament, and attacked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Augustine Birrell. 156 women were reportedly…
Clipping : "Suffragettes Get 4 Months Each in Jail / Mrs. Pankhurst, Mrs. Tukes and Mrs. Marshall Sentenced for Stone Throwing." [March 2, 1912]
News article details the sentencing of Emmeline Pankhurst, Mabel Tuke, and Kitty Marshall for smashing two of the windows of the Prime Minister's residence. While Scotland Yard was preparing for a suffrage demonstration scheduled for the following…
Clipping : "Suffragettes' Big Gathering Proves Fiasco / 50 women are arrested while attempting meeting in Parliament Square." [March 5, 1912]
News article about a suffrage demonstration held in London only a few days after 142 women were arrested for smashing shop windows in London's West End. The article discusses the demonstration and the arrest of 50 women, and also the separate raids…