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Background imageWspus Collection: Anti-Suffrage Cartoon Votes for Women

Anti-Suffrage Cartoon Votes for Women
A girl sneaks in to the offices of the militant suffragettes to see piles of newspapers, hammers, whips and stones. All part of the W.S.P.Us arsenal

Background imageWspus Collection: Suffragette Militants Smashed Windows

Suffragette Militants Smashed Windows
Photograph of the damage inflicted on the plate glass windows of the shipping line Hamburg - Amerika. The building in Cockspur Street was attacked in March 1912 during the W.S.P.Us window smashing

Background imageWspus Collection: Suffragette Grace Roe Arrest 1914

Suffragette Grace Roe Arrest 1914. Grace Watney Rose (1885-1979) was arrested in May 1914 when police raided the W.S.P.Us headquarters Lincolns Inn House

Background imageWspus 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 imageWspus 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 imageWspus Collection: Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst Funeral

Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst Funeral
The order of service for the funeral of Emmeline Pankhurst, held at St. John the Evangelist, Westminster, Monday 18th June, 1928

Background imageWspus Collection: The Suffragette Newspaper Placard Asquith

The Suffragette Newspaper Placard Asquith
Placard advertising the W.S.P.Us paper, The Suffragette edited by Christabel Pankhurst. The issue in question was no. 47, September 5, 1913, with the banner headline, ASQUITH AT BAY

Background imageWspus Collection: Suffragette W. S. P. U Shop Kensington

Suffragette W. S. P. U Shop Kensington
Suffragette W.S.P.U Shop Kensington. The W.S.P.Us shop and office at 143. Church Street, Kensington, the Hon. Sec. (from 1911) was Evelyn Sharp (1869-1955) seen here with Votes for Women placard

Background imageWspus Collection: Suffragette in Prison Dress Cleaning Kettle

Suffragette in Prison Dress Cleaning Kettle. A suffragette in replica prison uniform, sits polishing a cooking pot. She wears a large prison badge, issued from Holloway Prison

Background imageWspus Collection: W. S. P. U Fife and Drum Band 1909

W. S. P. U Fife and Drum Band 1909
W.S.P.U Fife and Drum Band 1909. The W.S.P.Us Fife and Drum band was formed in early 1909, and first appeared in public in May 1909 to advertise the Womens Exhibition at the Princes Skating Rink


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