Name/TitlePostcard: Sepia swans
About this objectSepia-toned postcard featuring the image of swans and cygnets sheltering beneath trees beside a river bank.
Note: this forms one of a set of four postcards written by Julia Varley (1871 - 1952).
Date Madec.1909-10
Period1900s-1910s
Place MadeGreat Britain
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksOn back, in black ink:
Correspondence: Hope you are all well. I've got your blouse cut out so I expect it will [land?] soon. I'll pay for the [trimming?] in [??] for the stuff, & given my [??] to Mrs Paine. She is delighted. I shall be glad to have a week end with you anywhere you like. Love to all, Julia
Addressee: Mrs Barrett, 32 Hampden St, Bradford, Yks.
Postmarked Bourneville, 8 PM, [??] 18 [??]
MeasurementsH: 88 x W: 140 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's suffrage
Subject and Association KeywordsSuffragettes
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Varley:
Julia Varley, OBE (16 March 1871, Bradford, Yorkshire – 24 November 1952, Yorkshire) was an English trade unionist and suffragette ... Varley was the first woman to join the Bradford Trades Council in 1900, and went on to serve on the Council for seven years. Aged 24 she chose to live for six weeks as a tramp, walking or ‘tramping’ from Leeds to Liverpool to see what it was like to live on Poor Law handouts. She served on the Board of the Poor Law Guardians of Bradford between 1904 and 1907. Varley joined the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), with whom in February 1907 she was involved in a raid on the floor of the House of Commons. She refused to pay a fine for disturbance and obstruction and was sentenced to 14 days in Holloway Prison. Varley served a second sentence for a similar action and was released on April 20, 1907. For these actions she was awarded the Holloway brooch by the WSPU. In 1909 Varley moved to Birmingham and established a branch of the National Federation of Women Workers at the Cadbury factory at Bournville. She was also involved in the Cradley Heath women chainmakers' strike of 1910, led by Mary Macarthur, and the Black Country strike of 1913, and later sat on the General Council of the Trade Union Congress [continues].
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2024-77-57
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved