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The militant suffragette Lillian Burslem wore these silk stockings when attending suffragette processions. The stockings are embroidered with the 'Votes for Women' slogan and miniature flags in the purple, white and green colours of the militant Women's...

This is a suffragette's motor scarf made from white Japanese silk. The scarf is printed in the purple, white and green colours of the militant Women's Social and Political Union (W.S.P.U.) and includes the 'Votes for Women' slogan. The W.S.P.U....

This scarf was donated to Redbridge Museum by Sylvia's son, Dr Richard Pankhurst. Sylvia wore this embroidered scarf when she lived in Woodford Green from 1923 - 1956.

This leaflet advertises a pro-suffrage demonstration to be held on 24 November in the Bow Palace, Bow Road. Speakers included Emmeline Pankhurst and George Lansbury, the Labour Party member of parliament for Bow and Bromley, who was a staunch supporter...

This postcard shows the suffragette Emma Sproson chalking a pavement. Pavement chalking was used by the Women's Social and Political Union to announce meetings and demonstrations. This postcard was produced to commemorate the only occasion of a summons...

This is a programme of the Women's Sunday demonstration, organised by the Women's Social and Political Union, in Hyde Park on 21 June 1908. The meeting was promoted in the suffragette newspaper 'Votes for Women' as a 'monster meeting'. Trains were...

This photographic postcard shows the Prisoners' Pageant section of the Women's Coronation Procession of Saturday 17 June 1911. Lawrence Housman designed the 'From Prison to Citizenship' banner in 1908 for the Kensington branch of the Women's Social and...

This postcard shows a Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) rally in Hyde Park on 23 July 1910. The demonstration was staged in support of the Women's Conciliation Bill being debated in parliament at the time. Two processions converged on Hyde Park,...