Suffragettes at Whitstable, Aug 27.09

Postcard with photograph captioned 'Suffragettes at Whitstable Aug 27 1909'. From left to right the women are Margaret Barry, Rose Lamartine Yates and Gertrude Wilkinson. They were responsible for the Women's Social and Political Union 'Holiday Campaign' in the area. This involved suffragettes doing campaigning work while on their summer holidays. Rose Lamartine Yates, secretary of the Wimbledon branch of the WSPU, had a holiday cottage in Seasalter near Whitstable. With the help of local women, such as the two with her in this image, she displayed flags and posters in her garden, held meetings, and organised parades with flags along the main streets of Whitstable. This version of the postcard has all three of their names on it.