Suffragettes photo police scarf archive#

The medal is inscribed “For Valour/March 1st 1912/Hunger Strike/Emmeline Pankhurst”.įrom 1909, suffragettes who served prison terms were awarded medals for their service to the cause. © Museum of LondonĪmong the other objects that help tell this story is the Suffragette prisoner’s silver hunger strike medal with its purple, white and green ribbon, presented to Emmeline Pankhurst to commemorate her hunger strike when serving a 9 month sentence in Holloway jail for ‘conspiracy to incite persons to commit damage to property’. “The museum’s programme will provide a dynamic interpretation of the collection and bring many images and objects into public view for the first time.”Ī suffragette ticket flyer for an event at the Royal Albert Hall.

Suffragettes photo police scarf archive#

“As curator of the world’s largest collection of material relating to the Suffragette movement it has been a privilege to delve deep into the archive to discover the individual stories of courage, comradeship and commitment,” she added.

During her imprisonment she went on hunger strike twice and was forcibly fed until released a few days before the end of her sentence.īeverley Cook, Social & Working History Curator at Museum of London, explained how the centenary commemoration has provided the opportunity “to take a fresh look at the Votes for Women campaign, its legacy and relevance to contemporary life”. Winefride Mary Rix, who, as a mother of a 12 year old daughter, was sentenced to two months hard labour for smashing a window at the War Office and Janie Terrero, a suffragist since the age of 18, who joined the militant Women’s Social and Political Union in 1908 was imprisoned in March 1912 in Holloway for four months for window smashing. “it has been a privilege to delve deep into the archive to discover the individual stories of courage, comradeship and commitment” Her first sentence came in November 1910 for throwing a potato at a window at the residence of the Home Secretary, Winston Churchill. One of the women to be featured is Emily ‘Kitty’ Willoughby Marshall, who was arrested six times and imprisoned in Holloway three times for militant actions. Through protest, disruption and damage to property that led to the arrest and imprisonment of over 1000 women, the Suffragettes’ impact on London life became a force to be reckoned with in the early years of the 20th century.

The Suffragette campaign with its motto ‘deeds not words’ believed in direct action and, at times, used extreme tactics. Postcard with portrait photograph of Janie Terrero (1858-1944).