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World of Art Global Vintage Anti-Suffragette Propaganda 'Don't Marry A Suffragette', circa. 1905-1918, Reproduction 200gsm A3 Classic Vintage Suffragette Poster

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Vanishing for the Vote: Suffrage, Citizenship and the Battle for the Census, Jill Liddington (Manchester University Press, 2014)

As suffragettes increasingly found themselves jailed, many resisted unfair or inhumane imprisonment with hunger strikes. In response, jailers would often force-feed female prisoners with steel devices to pry open their mouths and long hoses inserted into their noses and down their throats. This caused severe damage to the women’s faces, mouths, lungs, and stomachs, sometimes causing illness and death. By the summer of 1914 the positions of suffragettes and Liberal government were deeply entrenched: the W.S.P.U. was determined to force the government to give women the vote, and the establishment equally stubbornly refused to comply. Over a thousand British suffragettes had acquired a criminal record and many were imprisoned for demanding the vote. These records show that suffragettes were denied the status of political prisoners and treated as ‘common criminals’. In protest many went on hunger-strike and were force fed with terrible consequences for their health. The W.S.P.U. awarded women who experienced this torture with ‘For Valour’ medals: ‘in recognition of a gallant action, whereby through endurance to the last extremity of hunger and hardship, a great principle of political justice was vindicated.’ Dr. Diane Atkinson Numerous organisations pressured the government to give women the vote. Parliament.uk has a useful timeline that includes the establishment of many suffrage groups. Search Discovery, our catalogue, using the names of suffrage organisationsand the people involved in them to find relevantrecords.Some of the key organisations are listed below: To admit women to politics was considered a ‘dangerous leap in the dark’. The Suffragettes were accused of trying to undermine British institutions.

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Vicinus , Martha. A Widening Sphere: Changing Roles of Victorian Women . Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1977. 326 p. But the peaceful parade turned violent after a mob of police officers and anti-suffrage protesters interrupted it. Many of the suffragists were spat on, yelled at, and even physically assaulted. Paul, tired of the harassment, formed the National Woman's Party, which was essentially the American equivalent to Britain's militant WSPU. How successful was the Suffragette movement in terms of marketing its campaign? [Sources covering: membership; organisation; logos, banners; newspapers, posters, hand bills] There was a large attendance – chiefly of ladies – at the Queen’s Hall on Friday afternoon, where there was a debate on Women’s Suffrage. Mr. Charles Everard presided. Mr. Maconochie spoke against the extension of the franchise to women. Mr. Maconochie was opposed to suffrage because there were two many women to make it safe. There were 1,300,000 more women than men in the country, and he objected to the political voting power being placed in the hands of women. (5) Almroth E. Wright, The Times (April, 1912)

When you search Discovery, our catalogue, you can apply filters such as dates, record series references and department codes, before your search by using the advanced search option.That same year, 15 states granted women the right to vote on the municipal level. With support from President Woodrow Wilson, Congress voted on the federal amendment five times between January 1918 and June 1919. Most of these sets took on an anti-suffrage and, at times, somewhat bemused attitude to the issue, although positive statements do certainly appear with some regularity,” Kenneth Florey, author of American Woman Suffrage Postcards: a Study and Catalog , writes . “These cards often showed a topsy-turvy world, and the resultant chaos once women achieved power and husbands were forced to do the housekeeping and child raising.” Palczewski, Catherine H. Postcard Archive. University of Northern Iowa. Cedar Falls, IA. Palczewski, Catherine H. Postcard Archive. University of Northern Iowa. Cedar Falls, IA. The ominous parcel contained posters from a range of different women’s rights organisations, created by various illustrators and designers – but who sent it to the university in the first place? Search the catalogue of the Parliamentary Archives for records relating to women’s suffrage. Bills in favour of women and the vote were presented on an almost annual basis from 1870 onwards. 3.6 Parliamentary proceedings in Hansard

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