Name/TitleFramed prints: Votes for Women: Anna Munro + procession
About this objectFramed reproduction prints of two black and white photographs.
The top image depicts a smiling woman standing beneath a banner bearing the words 'VOTES for WOMEN ~ Women's Freedom League ~ Scottish Campaign' and is captioned 'Miss ANNA MUNRO, Secy, Scottish Council, 30 Gordon Street, Glasgow'. Handwritten over the bottom part of this image are the words 'What pleasant memories. Anna Munro'.
The bottom photograph shows a street lined with crowds of people, watching a procession of women carrying large banners bearing slogans such as 'A Gude Cause Maks A Strong Arm', 'Votes for Women' and 'National Women's Social & Political Union'. This image includes the name J. Patrick on the left side, most likely the photographer.
Date Madec.1909-10
Period1900s-1910s
Medium and MaterialsInorganic, glass
Organic, paper and wood
MeasurementsH: 505 x W: 325 x D: 15 mm (incl. frame)
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's suffrage, right to vote
Subject and Association KeywordsWSPU
Subject and Association KeywordsSuffragettes
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's Freedom League (WFL)
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Munro:
Anna Gillies Macdonald Munro (4 October 1881 – 11 September 1962) was an active campaigner for temperance and the women's suffrage movement in the United Kingdom. Munro organised and was the secretary of the Women's Freedom League campaigning in Scotland. She settled in Thatcham after the First World War but was living in Aldermaston by 1933 and died in Padworth, Berkshire in 1962. She had affordable housing named after her in Thatcham.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_Freedom_League:
The Women's Freedom League was an organisation in the United Kingdom from 1907 to 1961 which campaigned for women's suffrage, pacifism and sexual equality. It was founded by former members of the Women's Social and Political Union after the Pankhursts decided to rule without democratic support from their members. After the announcement that the 1907 Annual Conference of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) would be cancelled and the organisation's committee replaced by one hand-picked by Emmeline Pankhurst, a meeting was held to discuss the unconstitutional action in Eustice Miles' restaurant, a vegetarian restaurant in Chandos Street, Charing Cross, near the Strand. As a result, a letter dated 14 September 1907 and signed by Charlotte Despard, Edith How-Martyn, Caroline Hodgson, Alice Abadam, Teresa Billington-Greig, Marion Coates-Hansen, Irene Miller, Bessie Drysdale and Maude Fitzherbert was sent to Mrs Pankhurst insisting that the constitution be honoured, and the Conference be allowed to go ahead. The Pankhursts refused the request, however the meeting was still held on 12 October 1907 at Caxton Hall. Officers and committee members were duly elected for a new organisation. One of the group's first actions was to choose a name for the new organisation via a referendum of the branches. The name "Women's Freedom League" was announced in the Women's Franchise suffrage newspaper as the winning choice on 28 November 1907 [continues].
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePrint
Object numberGWL-2027-2-2
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved