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Struggle Collection (page 4)

Background imageStruggle Collection: Victoria Woodhull in a dramatic court case

Victoria Woodhull in a dramatic court case
Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927), an American womens rights activist, involved in family row which leads to a dramatic court case

Background imageStruggle Collection: Album of 21 showing scenes of the Western Front Campaign

Album of 21 showing scenes of the Western Front Campaign
One official photograph from an album of 21 showing scenes of the Western Front Campaign, 1916-1917 (c), World War One (1914-1918)

Background imageStruggle Collection: Suffragette Jessie Kenney WSPU

Suffragette Jessie Kenney WSPU
Jessie Kenney models the DX2 replica Holloway Prison badge and prison bonnet. Other women are seen sewing more badges and bonnets before the demonstration by the W.S.P.U. Date: circa 1908

Background imageStruggle Collection: Anti-Suffrage Cartoon Portrait

Anti-Suffrage Cartoon Portrait
Cartoon of lady showing a portrait of a suffragette to John Bull who, unimpressed, remarks, You will excuse me if I laugh, wont you? Date: 1911

Background imageStruggle Collection: Anti-Suffrage Cartoon His Missus Voice

Anti-Suffrage Cartoon His Missus Voice
Shows Nipper the HMV dog, startled by the cry Votes for Women bellowing from the gramophone. Date: 1911

Background imageStruggle Collection: Women WW1 Womens Land Army

Women WW1 Womens Land Army
Front cover of The Land Girls Love Story by Bertha Ruck. The Land Girl shares a kiss with a man in Khaki, among the haystacks. Date: circa 1918

Background imageStruggle Collection: Women WW1 V. A. Ds

Women WW1 V. A. Ds
Cover of the book A V.A.D in France, by Olive Dent, illustration by Hassall. Date: 1917

Background imageStruggle Collection: Women WW1 W. A. A. C

Women WW1 W. A. A. C
Front cover of A Transport Girl in France. A Story of the Adventures of a W.A.A.C by Bessie Marchant. Date: circa 1920

Background imageStruggle Collection: Suffragette Arson

Suffragette Arson
Scene of destruction at Saunderton Railway Station after a fire started by suffragettes on 9th March 1913. Apparently placards reading Votes for Women

Background imageStruggle Collection: Frances Ivens Scottish Womens Hospitals

Frances Ivens Scottish Womens Hospitals
Portrait of Frances Ivens (1870-1944), Chief Medical Officer of the Scottish Womens Hospitals unit at the Abbaye de Royaumont 1914-1919

Background imageStruggle Collection: Scottish Womens Hospitals Royaumont

Scottish Womens Hospitals Royaumont
A fleet of ambulances outside the Abbaye de Royaumont, France, where the Scottish Womens Hospitals based their first unit in 1914. They worked with the French Red Cross. Date: circa 1914

Background imageStruggle Collection: Mabel Tuke Suffragette

Mabel Tuke Suffragette
Portrait of Mabel kate Tuke (1871-1962), who from 1906 to 1914 was Hon. Sec. of the W.S.P.U. Date: circa 1912

Background imageStruggle Collection: Lady Constance Lytton Arrested

Lady Constance Lytton Arrested
Lady Constance Lytton arrested for throwing a stone at the car carrying Sir Walter Runciman through Newcastle in October 1909. Date: 1909

Background imageStruggle Collection: Suffragette Emmeline Pethick Lawrence

Suffragette Emmeline Pethick Lawrence
Mrs. Pethick Lawrence waves to her supporters on her release from Holloway, 17th April 1909. Date: 1909

Background imageStruggle Collection: Suffragette Elsie Howley

Suffragette Elsie Howley
Elsie Howey on horseback at the head of the procession celebrating the release of Emmeline Pethick Lawrence from prison, April 1909. Date: 1909

Background imageStruggle Collection: Womens Freedom League House of Commons

Womens Freedom League House of Commons
Members of the Womens Freedom League battle with police as they try to enter the House of Commons on 28th October 1908. Date: 1908

Background imageStruggle Collection: NUWSS Suffrage Committee Room

NUWSS Suffrage Committee Room
Exterior of the London Society for Womens Suffrage Committee rooms, displaying many pro-suffrage posters by the Artists Suffrage League. Date: circa 1911

Background imageStruggle Collection: Maud Arncliffe Sennett

Maud Arncliffe Sennett
Portrait of Maud Arncliffee Sennett (1862-1936) who was associated with several suffrage organisations including the W.S.P.U

Background imageStruggle Collection: Suffragette Mary Phillips Selling Votes for Women

Suffragette Mary Phillips Selling Votes for Women
Mary Phillips attempts to persuade a gent to purchase the suffragette paper. Date: circa 1908

Background imageStruggle Collection: Florence de Fonblanque Suffragist Pilgrimage

Florence de Fonblanque Suffragist Pilgrimage
Portrait of Florence de Fornblanque (1864-1949). She organised the 1912 Womens March from Edinburgh to London. She founded the Qui Vive Corps in 1912. Date: 1912

Background imageStruggle Collection: Suffragette Annie Kenney Policeman

Suffragette Annie Kenney Policeman
Suffragette Annie Kenney pictured amongst a group of W.S.P.U members. The caption, hand written on the reverse reads, Miss Annie Kenney interrogating a policeman at the House of Commons

Background imageStruggle Collection: Suffragette Barbara Ayrton Campaign Bus

Suffragette Barbara Ayrton Campaign Bus
Barbara Ayrton stands on the running board of the W.S.P.Us battle bus, while suffragettes sell copies of Votes for Women newspaper, Date: 1909

Background imageStruggle Collection: Suffragette Miss. Frumpy

Suffragette Miss. Frumpy
Stereotypical spinster figure, lectures on the topic, Should women marry. Date: circa 1910

Background imageStruggle Collection: Suffragette on the Hustings

Suffragette on the Hustings
At last, a woman campaigns for a seat in the House for herself! Surrounded by a group of men, one of whom winks and says, I ll vote for a woman any day

Background imageStruggle Collection: Man Beaten up by a Suffragette

Man Beaten up by a Suffragette
Man in tattered suit, bandaged and bloodied with an arm and knee in a sling, rues the day he had an argument with a suffragette. Note the perpetrators umbrella stuck in his arm. Date: circa 1913

Background imageStruggle Collection: Suffragettes Arrested London

Suffragettes Arrested London
A line of policemen escort arrested suffragettes through St. Jamess Park, London, following the demonstration outside Buckingham Palace. Date: 1914

Background imageStruggle Collection: WW1 Ambulance Train

WW1 Ambulance Train
Inside the Treatment Room, pharmacy car on a WW1 Continental Ambulance Train Date: circa 1915

Background imageStruggle Collection: WW1 Ambulance Train Ward Car

WW1 Ambulance Train Ward Car
Two nurses on the Continental Ambulance Train display equipment in the ward car, beds arranged for sitting up cases. Date: circa 1915

Background imageStruggle Collection: Women Workers WW1 Postwoman

Women Workers WW1 Postwoman
Postwoman trudging through the snow with bulging mail bag is confronted by a snapping terrier. Doing her bit whilst the men are at the front. Date: circa 1917

Background imageStruggle Collection: Women War Work WW1 Railways

Women War Work WW1 Railways
Womens work in wartime involves the cleaning of railway carriages, reflecting the shortage of male workers in WW1. Date: circa 1917

Background imageStruggle Collection: Womens Work in Wartime WW1

Womens Work in Wartime WW1
A woman in a smart tailored uniform stands outside a milliners shop, she is described as a portiere or door keeper. Date: circa 1917

Background imageStruggle Collection: Womens War Work WW1 Ticket Collector

Womens War Work WW1 Ticket Collector
Girl in blue uniform works as a Ticket Collector Doing her Bit during the First World War. Date: circa 1915

Background imageStruggle Collection: Womens War Work WW1 Post Girl

Womens War Work WW1 Post Girl
A little girl with large G. P. O. satchel, delivers the post, Doing her Bit for the war effort. Date: circa 1915

Background imageStruggle Collection: Womens Land Army WW1 Durham

Womens Land Army WW1 Durham
A large gathering of Womens Land Army recruits outside Durham Cathedral (?) Date: circa 1917

Background imageStruggle Collection: Womens War Work WW1 Policewoman

Womens War Work WW1 Policewoman
Doing her Bit is the Lady Bobby, or Policewoman. Date: circa 1915

Background imageStruggle Collection: Women WW1 Bus Conductress

Women WW1 Bus Conductress
A girl in the uniform of a bus conductress or Clippie, calls Fares Please. An example of women taking on mens roles during WW1. Date: circa 1915

Background imageStruggle Collection: Women Work the Land WW1

Women Work the Land WW1
A group of women with forks help to work the land during WW1. Captioned, Womans Work in War Time, in the Fields. Date: circa 1916

Background imageStruggle Collection: Women WW1 Work Milk Woman

Women WW1 Work Milk Woman
Captioned, Womans Work in War Time, a young girl carries a lidded pail to deliver milk. Date: circa 1917

Background imageStruggle Collection: Women WW1 Farming

Women WW1 Farming
Young girl with heavy horse thinks of the men at the front. We re doing ours while you re giving away Et la terre produira quand meme Date: circa 1917

Background imageStruggle Collection: Womens Land Army WW1 Farming

Womens Land Army WW1 Farming
A young girl wearing a Land Army outfit feeds the pigs on the farm, helping the war effort. Captioned, Karina on the Land. Date: circa 1916

Background imageStruggle Collection: Women WW1 Tram Conductor

Women WW1 Tram Conductor
A Lady tram conductor in the city of Nottingham during WW1, when women took on roles formerly fulfilled by men. Date: circa 1916

Background imageStruggle Collection: Women WW1 Work Canteen

Women WW1 Work Canteen
A group of women (described on reverse) as Canteen workers, alongside three male colleagues at the Tidworth Army Barracks, situated on the edge of Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire. Date: circa 1916

Background imageStruggle Collection: Women WW1 Munitions Hand Grenade

Women WW1 Munitions Hand Grenade
A studio portrait of a woman munition worker in mob cap and overalls. She stands in front of a small table on which lays a union flag. In her right hand she holds a hand grenade. Date: circa 1916

Background imageStruggle Collection: Women WW1 Munitions

Women WW1 Munitions
A group of six women and girls wearing the munitions workers uniform and some wear the on war service triangular badge. Location unknown, probably taken just outside the factory buildings

Background imageStruggle Collection: Women WW1 Tailors Woolwich Arsenal

Women WW1 Tailors Woolwich Arsenal
Interior of the Tailors Shop, Woolwich Arsenal, where uniforms were made. Date: circa 1916



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