Name/TitlePostcard: Released Suffragettes
About this objectBlank postcard (No.75) produced by the Museum of London in 1988. The front features the image of a group of women standing in an open-topped charabanc, raising their arms in celebration. A placard tied to the front reads 'National Women's Social and Political Union' [image is cropped]. The caption on the back of the card states: "Released suffragettes. Photograph, 1908. Suffragettes released from Holloway Prison in October 1908; but dressed in replica prison clothing and badges."
MakerUnknown
Maker RolePhotographer
MakerMuseum of London
Maker RoleProducer
Date Made1908
Period1900s
Place MadeEngland, London
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
MeasurementsH: 105 x W: 150 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's suffrage
Subject and Association KeywordsSuffragettes
Subject and Association KeywordsWSPU
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffragette:
A suffragette was a member of an activist women's organisation in the early 20th century who, under the banner "Votes for Women", fought for the right to vote in public elections in the United Kingdom. The term refers in particular to members of the British Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), a women-only movement founded in 1903 by Emmeline Pankhurst, which engaged in direct action and civil disobedience. In 1906, a reporter writing in the Daily Mail coined the term suffragette for the WSPU, derived from suffragistα (any person advocating for voting rights), in order to belittle the women advocating women's suffrage. The militants embraced the new name, even adopting it for use as the title of the newspaper published by the WSPU.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2024-6-9
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved