Printed Ephemera — 1912
White slave traffic the only solution, woman Suffrage
This female suffrage propaganda poster was designed and printed at the Suffrage Atelier in Shepherd's Bush, west London, in 1912. The poster represents women's suffrage as an armoured knight: securing the right to vote was regarded as the only defence against the sexual and economic exploitation of women. It refers to the oppressive situation of powerless women unable to vote, employed in factories as 'sweated labour'.
A major aim of the suffrage movement was to improve the conditions of working-class women by achieving female representation in parliament and trade unions.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 50.82/1054b
- Object name:
- White slave traffic the only solution, woman Suffrage
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- Artist/Maker:
- Suffrage Atelier
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- Related places:
6 Stanlake Villas, Shepherd's Bush, London W [Hammersmith and Fulham], Hammersmith and Fulham
- Production date:
- 1912
- Material:
paper
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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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