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Lot Essay
An album containing rare and important portraits of suffragettes at various events in London between 1908 and 1909. This fascinating collection includes images of major figures at historic moments in the suffragette movement. Portraits include Emmeline and daughter Christabel Pankhurst modeling replicas of their prison uniforms, Marion Wallace Dunlop being released from Holloway Prison (31 July 1908), and Mary Leigh and Edith New (aka the first window breakers) at a victory rally.
According to feminist leader Emmeline Pankhurst, "Window- breaking, when Englishmen do it, is regarded as honest expression of political opinion. Window-breaking, when Englishwomen do it, is treated as a crime. In sentencing Mrs. Leigh and Miss New to two months... the magistrate used very severe language, and declared that such a thing must never happen again. Of course the women assured him it would happen again. Said Mrs. Leigh: 'We have no other course but to rebel against oppression, and if necessary to resort to stronger measures. This fight is going on.'"
In February 1918 British women (aged 30 or over) received the right to vote, in 1928 the age dropped to 21 giving women equality with male voters.
According to feminist leader Emmeline Pankhurst, "Window- breaking, when Englishmen do it, is regarded as honest expression of political opinion. Window-breaking, when Englishwomen do it, is treated as a crime. In sentencing Mrs. Leigh and Miss New to two months... the magistrate used very severe language, and declared that such a thing must never happen again. Of course the women assured him it would happen again. Said Mrs. Leigh: 'We have no other course but to rebel against oppression, and if necessary to resort to stronger measures. This fight is going on.'"
In February 1918 British women (aged 30 or over) received the right to vote, in 1928 the age dropped to 21 giving women equality with male voters.