Supporter Gallery

David Lloyd-George (1863-1945) speaking in Rochdale, 1923

Photograph of David Lloyd-George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, the Welsh Liberal statesman, addressing a large crowd at Rochdale during the election campaign of 1923. Forgetting he was using a microphone to address the people of Rochdale (previously represented by Richard Cobden), Lloyd-George asked aside to a supporter Was Cobden a Lancashire man?'. The microphone picked up the aside, causing a great deal of laughter in the crowd

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Women World War 1

Shows two motor vehicles provided for the Bien-Etre du Blesse Motor unit, the photo taken in Central Park, New York in 1917. The venture, to send trucks and supplies to the Western Front, was organised by Connecticut Suffrage supporter Grace Gallatin Seton. On the door of the truck, the message reads, The Women's City Club of New York. This truck the gift of Allied Festa, Utica, N.Y. Mrs Seton was the wife of nature writer Ernest Thompson Seton. Date: circa 1917

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Suffragette Ceramic Teapot

A Ceramic teapot made in the Foley Intarsio ware, of a suffrage supporter or advocate of Women's Rights. The lid or cover has the face of a stereotypical, be-spectacled spinster, bearing some resemblance to Miss. Lydia Becker. She wears a long navy blue coat, red waistcoat, with a Votes for Women badge on her lapel. A suffrage leaflet is stuffed in her pocket. Date: circa 1900

© The March of the Women Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library