Vinyl Magnet - Votes For Women
Votes for Women, Wanted Everywhere by Hilda Dallas, 1909. Poster advertising the Votes for Women Suffragette newspaper.
Campaigns for suffrage in the UK, including the Chartist movement of the first half of the 19th Century, included calls to include women, but often these calls were swept aside, either temporarily as something to achieve once men’s suffrage had been achieved, or permanently as it was considered undesirable. A Woman’s Suffrage Committee was formed in 1867 and from 1893 worked within the Independent Labour Party (ILP), aimed at securing votes for women.
The Suffragettes were specifically members of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), established in 1903 (when patience with the ILP had run out). In the UK, before the start of the first world war, many Suffragettes were involved in a campaign of direct action, including bombing and arson, disruption and mass demonstrations. Suffragettes were often attacked and sexually assaulted by the police and special constables conscripted specifically for the purpose. Imprisoned Suffragettes often went on hunger strike and were barbarically force fed. As their health deteriorated, they could be released and re-arrested when they were considered to have recovered enough.
At the outbreak of the war, the WSPU split as the majority decided to support the war effort. A significant group, including Sylvia Pankhurst, broke away, took a strong stance against the war and formed the East London Federation of Suffragettes. They published The Woman’s Dreadnought, which later became The Workers Dreadnought and was adopted as the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Great Britain.
This magnet size is approximately 69mm by 95mm (2.7" x 3.75"). It is a digitally cleaned up print.
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