Women's Social and Political Union broadside honoring Caroline Townsend, 1909.

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Women's Social and Political Union broadside honoring Caroline Townsend, 1909.

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This artfully illustrated broadside honors Caroline Townsend for her imprisonment on behalf of women's suffrage. It bears the signature of Emmeline Pankhurst on behalf of the Women's Social and Political Union. In the lower right corner appears a printer's statement: "Weiners, London. W." The broadside is undated, but Townsend spent time in prison for a month in 1909 after being arrested on February 24, 1909 in Old Palace Yard after taking part in a deputation to the House of Commons (Cf. Crawford, E. Women's suffrage movement (2001), p. 689). This suggests the broadside was presented to Townsend in 1909.

1 broadside : col. ill. ; 52 x 36 cm.

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Weiners (Firm)

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Pankhurst, Emmeline, 1858-1929

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Emmeline Pankhurst (b. July 15, 1858, Manchester, England – d. June 14, 1928, Hampstead, England) was a British political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement who helped women win the right to vote. Born in Moss Side, Manchester to politically active parents, Pankhurst was introduced at the age of 14 to the women's suffrage movement. On 18 December 1879, she married Richard Pankhurst, a barrister known for supporting women's right to vote; they had five children over the next...

Townsend, Caroline, 1870-1941

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Women's Social and Political Union (Great Britain)

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The Women's Social and Political Union flourished between 1903 and 1914. It introduced "militancy" to the twentieth-century campaigns for women's suffrage in England. From the description of Women's Social and Political Union broadside honoring Caroline Townsend, 1909. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 310115108 The Union was founded in London in 1903 by Emmeline Pankhurst to gain suffrage for British women. At first its methods were peaceful; la...