Printed Ephemera — 1907-1914
Votes for Women. Mrs. Despard.
Postcard with photographic portrait of Charlotte Despard (1844-1939), Honorary Secretary of the Women's Freedom League. The address of the organisation is written below.
Despard originally served as joint Honorary Secretary of the Women's Social and Political Union. In 1907 she broke away from the WSPU as a result of policy differences with the Pankhursts, and founded militant suffrage group the Women's Freedom League. The WFL encouraged its members to take part in non-violent resistance, such as evading the Census of 1911 and refusing to pay taxes until women were given the vote.
Despard was known for wearing the black lace mantilla pictured here, instead of the more conventional large hat of the era.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 55.65/5
- Object name:
- Votes for Women. Mrs. Despard.
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- Artist/Maker:
- Elliott and Fry
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- Production date:
- 1907-1914
- Material:
card, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 131 mm, W 87 mm
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- Record quality:
- 100%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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