Printed Ephemera — 1908-1909
Votes For Women, Miss Vera Wentworth
Postcard with photographic portrait captioned 'Miss Vera Wentworth. Organiser: Women's Social and Political Union' and the organisation's address. Wentworth wears the hunger strike medal and silver Holloway brooch awarded to her by the WSPU. Above is printed 'Votes For Women'.
Wentworth (1890-1957) joined the WSPU in 1908 and worked for them in Plymouth. In September 1909, together with WSPU colleagues, she harassed the Prime Minister, Asquith, while he was staying in Lympne for the weekend, at church, on the golf course and by throwing stones at his window. Wentworth was imprisoned on many occasions for her suffragette activities, including participating in the WSPU's window smashing campaign of March 1912. She suffered forcible feeding while on hunger strike..
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- NN22464
- Object name:
- Votes For Women, Miss Vera Wentworth
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- Artist/Maker:
- National Women's Social and Political Union
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- Production date:
- 1908-1909
- Material:
paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 138 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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