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'Suffragette Photos', 1908 - 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCRF 8/1/8/7

Scope and Contents

8 photographs as follows:
1) Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, hon. secretary of the National Women's Social and Political Union: studio portrait by Martin Jacolette, produced as a postcard, circa 1910;
2) Miss Christabel Pankhurst: sepia carte de visite photo, holding flowers and wearing a flower-decorated hat, no date;
3) Christabel Pankhurst: studio portrait produced as a postcard, circa 1910?;
4) Christabel Pankhurst: photo of a framed portrait of CP wearing a suffrage sash, no date;
5) 'Miss C Pankhurst at Trafalgar Square inviting the audience to 'rush' the House of Commons on October 13' [1908] - postcard photo;
6) 'Mrs Pankhurst at Trafalgar Square inviting the audience to 'rush' the House of Commons on October 13' [1908] - postcard photo;
7) 'The Latest Portrait of Miss Christabel Pankhurst and her Mother' - photo by Bassano clipped from a magazine [circa 1913]: caption reads 'Christabel, who has of late been residing in Paris, is reported to have visited London for the purpose of rallying the Suffragette forces to combat the crisis that has arisen in their ranks';
8) postcard of the Women's Social and Political Union [WSPU] fife and drum band preparing to march through the West End to advertise the May 1909 'Women's Exhibition and Sale of Works in the Colours' at the Prince's Skating Rink in Knightsbridge 13-26 May 1909 - Mary Leigh, the drum major, stands to the right of the foreground.







Dates

  • Creation: 1908 - 1913

Extent

1 file(s) : photograph

Language of Materials

English

Originator(s)

Various

Finding aid date

2010-03-02 10:07:27+00:00

Genre / Form

Repository Details

Part of the Girton College Archive Repository

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