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Suffragettes Collection (page 7)

Background imageSuffragettes Collection: H. H. Asquith ambushed and captured by Suffragettes, 1908

H. H. Asquith ambushed and captured by Suffragettes, 1908
Illustration showing H.H. Asquith, British Prime Minister, being ambushed and captured by the suffragettes, Miss Jessie Kenney (on left) and Miss Vera Wentworth (on right), as he left Toynbes Hall

Background imageSuffragettes Collection: Eminent woman surgeon

Eminent woman surgeon
Eminent Woman Surgeon, who is also an ardent Suffragist (to wounded Guardsman): " Do you know, your face is singularly familiar to me

Background imageSuffragettes Collection: Two Edwardian men dressed as suffragettes

Two Edwardian men dressed as suffragettes - either supporters of the cause or lampooning it (in some form). Sadly, no further details exist. Date: circa 1910

Background imageSuffragettes Collection: Anti-Suffrage Demonstration 1912

Anti-Suffrage Demonstration 1912
Advertisement for a Demonstration by the National League for Opposing Woman Suffrage at the Albert Hall, 28th February, 1912

Background imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes Collection: Women WW1 WaC Christmas Card

Women WW1 WaC Christmas Card
A WW1 Christmas card sent by a cheerful W.A.A.C calling Cheerio, Alls Well, France 1918. Picture of her camp behind. Date on reverse, December 1918. Date: 1918

Background imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes Collection: Suffragette Demonstration W. S. P. U London 1908

Suffragette Demonstration W. S. P. U London 1908
A photo of a suffragette demonstration by the W.S.P.U through London in 1908. Mrs Pankhurst, Mary Clarke (Her sister), Charlotte Marsh and Jessie Kenney are seated in the brake

Background imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes Collection: Suffragette Womens Exhibition 1909 Cartoon Model

Suffragette Womens Exhibition 1909 Cartoon Model
One of a series of 12 Cartoons in Model, part of the Political Peepshow exhibit at the W.S.P.Us Womens Exhibition, May 1909

Background imageSuffragettes Collection: Suffragette Miss. Frumpy

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

Background imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes Collection: WW1 Ambulance Train

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

Background imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes Collection: Womens War Work WW1 Policewoman

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

Background imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes Collection: Women Work WW1 Window Cleaners

Women Work WW1 Window Cleaners
Women working as window cleaners in Nottingham during WW1. They have a wooden cart on which to carry the long wooden ladders. Captioned, The Lady Window Cleaners of Nottingham. Date: circa 1917

Background imageSuffragettes 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 imageSuffragettes Collection: Fashions in Wartime WW1

Fashions in Wartime WW1
The navy cut costume, inspired by the battles at sea during the First World War, note the cap with naval sword detail, plus the must have accessory - a grim-faced bulldog sporting Tricolour ribbon



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