Name/TitlePlaying cards: Votes for Women
About this objectSet of fifty-four commemorative 'Votes for Women' playing cards. Produced by the Museum of London to mark some women being given the right to vote in 1918. The captioned images on each card are reproduced from original artefacts, ephemera and photographs in the museum's extensive Suffragette collection.
MakerMuseum of London
MakerHeritage Playing Card Company
Maker RoleManufacturer
Date Madec.2010
Place MadeEngland, London
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
MeasurementsH: 90 x W: 54 x D: 24 mm (pack)
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's suffrage, right to vote
Subject and Association Keywordsexhibitions
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://virtualexhibitions.museumoflondon.org.uk/votes-for-women:
Votes for Women was a temporary exhibition at the Museum of London between February 2018 and March 2019.
In December 1918 British women walked shoulder to shoulder with their husbands, brothers, fathers and sons to vote, for the first time, in a general election.
The exhibition, marked the centenary of Votes for (some) Women, and revealed the extraordinary struggle to achieve female representation in parliament. Featuring key items from the museum’s unique Suffragette collection, it reflected particularly on the legacy of the militant Deeds not Words campaign and the lives of the women and men prepared to risk arrest and imprisonment for the cause.
From the spectacle of beautifully choreographed processions to the violence of window smashing, arson, attacks on artworks and the brutality of prison hunger strikes and force-feeding, the campaign continues to divide opinion. But above all, the Suffragette story represents comradeship and a shared commitment to challenge an unjust, male-dominated society.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeGame
Object numberGWL-2023-1-2
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved