Name/TitlePostcard: WSPU banner
About this objectBlank postcard (No.150) produced by the Museum of London in 1992. On the front is the reproduced image of a Women's Social and Political Union (Chelsea) banner featuring two burly policemen. The caption on the back of the card states: 'Painted cotton banner of the Chelsea WSPU, first unfurled at the Queen's Hall, Langham Place on 17 June 1908, in preparation for 'Women's Sunday' on 21 June.'
MakerChelsea WSPU
MakerMuseum of London
Maker RoleProducer
Date Madec.1908
Period1900s
Place MadeEngland, London
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
MeasurementsH: 150 x W: 105 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's suffrage
Subject and Association KeywordsSuffragettes
Subject and Association KeywordsWSPU
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_Sunday:
Women's Sunday was a suffragette march and rally held in London on 21 June 1908. Organised by Emmeline Pankhurst's Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) to persuade the Liberal government to support votes for women, it is thought to have been the largest demonstration to be held until then in the country. Up to 500,000 women and men from all over the country attended the event, and 30,000 women marched to Hyde Park in seven processions and carried 700 banners, including one that read, "Not chivalry but justice".
https://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-2024-6-14
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved