Name/TitlePostcard: WSPU Shop
About this objectBlank postcard (No.146) produced by the Museum of London in 1992.The front features a black and white photographic image of two suffragettes standing in a doorway, with a large shop window to their left and a sign above stating 'WOMEN'S SOCIAL & POLITICAL UNION ~ Votes for Women'. The caption on the back of the card states: 'The WSPU shop in Reading opened in the summer of 1910.'
MakerUnknown
Maker RolePhotographer
MakerMuseum of London
Maker RoleProducer
Date Madec.1910
Period1910s
Place MadeEngland, Reading
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-2024-6-10
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved