Suffragette Activity Book

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THE POWER OF A BANNER Mary Lowndes, a skilled stained-glass artist and founder of the Artists’ Suffrage League described a banner as something “to float in the wind, to flicker in the breeze, to flirt its colours for your pleasure.” She designed most of the 70 banners carried on the huge NUWSS procession through London on 13 June 1908.

Above: Mary Lowndes’ banners on the 13 June 1908 procession. Left: one of her banners in detail.

LOCAL FOCUS: A LOST MASTERPIECE

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In May 1908 Hastings suffragette Edith Chibnall presented the WSPU with a beautiful silk banner that had been made by local women. It was carried on the WSPU demonstration in London on 21 June 1908. Sadly there is no photograph of the banner and no one knows what happened to it.


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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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pages 47-48

FACTS AT A GLANCE

1min
page 46

WINNING THE VOTE

2min
pages 44-45

ACTIVITY

1min
pages 42-43

BOMBS & PILGRIMS

2min
pages 40-41

DEEDS NOT WORDS

2min
pages 38-39

UNDER ATTACK

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pages 36-37

EVADING THE CENSUS

1min
pages 32-33

NO VOTE, NO TAX

3min
pages 34-35

ACTIVITY

1min
pages 30-31

SPREADING THE WORD

2min
pages 28-29

UP TO LONDON

2min
pages 24-25

THE POWER OF A BANNER

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HIVES OF ACTIVITY

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pages 22-23

ACTIVITY

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page 27

ACTIVITY

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page 19

PARADES & PROCESSIONS

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pages 20-21

SUFFRAGIST OR SUFFRAGETTE?

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page 18

ACTIVITY

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page 17

GOING PUBLIC

1min
pages 12-13

INTRODUCTION

2min
pages 4-5

ACTIVITY

1min
page 11

EARLY VOICES

2min
pages 8-9

TIMELINE

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pages 6-7

GETTING TOGETHER

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page 10

OPEN AIR MEETINGS

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pages 14-15

GETTING THE MESSAGE ACROSS

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page 16
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