"Votes for Women" Clements Inn suffragette badge
Political activists
Women's rights
'Votes for Women' cloth badge with green stitching and purple lettering.
The address 4 Clements Inn was the site of the WSPU office and London residence of the Pethick Lawrences. Christabel Pankhurst describes their headquarters at Clements Inn as "a hive seething with activity… As department was added to department, Clement’s Inn seemed always to have one more room to offer." (9 February 1907)
The offices are pictured in H.G. Wells novel 'Ann Veronica', likely due to the close proximity of Clements Inn to the Fabian Society, of which Wells was a leading member.
Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU)
Kenney Papers, University of East (UEA) Anglia Archives
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1903-1917
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WSPU "Chairman" badge
Political activists
Women's rights
This 'Chairman' badge of office refers to the official role in a procession and rally. Annie Kenney would have worn this badge on Women's Sunday in 1908 when she chaired the speeches at Platform 3 in Hyde Park. Women's Sunday was the first large-scale demonstration organised by the WSPU, and saw the largest number of people gathered in Hyde Park for a political purpose.
Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU)
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Suffragette ribbons
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Women's rights
The tricolor ribbon is a signature fashion statement of the suffragette movement, seen on sashes, ribbons, and other accessories. In 1908 Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, the co-editor of the WSPU's newspaper, Votes for Women, designed the suffragettes' colour scheme of purple for loyalty and dignity, white for purity, and green for hope.
Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU)
Kenney Papers, University of East (UEA) Anglia Archives
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1903-1917
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Invitation to Meeting with French Women Munition Workers
Memorialization
Invitation from the Lord Mayor of London’s Office to Jessie Kenney to meet French Women Munition Workers on 7 December 1917. Jessie was a valued asset for the British war effort during WWI, travelling around Europe on government business, including her well-publicised trip to Russia with Emmeline Pankhurst.
Office of Lord Mayor of London
Kenney Papers, University of East (UEA) Anglia Archives
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2 December 1917
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Passport (Jessie Kenney)
War
Jessie Kenney’s passport, issued on 9 June 1917 and renewed on 10 April 1919. Provides a physical description and contains a number of international stamps from Jessie’s travels. Her 1917 trip to Russia, on which she accompanied Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928), to lobby Russian women to contribute to the war effort on behalf of the British government is one of her most significant contributions to the British war effort. During their stay, they met with The First Women’s Battalion of Death, led by Maria Bochkarëva, and participated in procession with them. In her unpublished memoir, Jessie called it “one of the greatest patriotic demonstrations being held during the revolution.” In October 1917, the Women’s Battalion was called upon to defend the Winter Palace, but the 1000-strong battalion was unable to overcome the 40 000 Bolshevik soldiers and surrendered. Jessie was very critical of the Bolsheviks, despite her own working-class roots. In a diary entry from the Russian trip, she wrote: “[The Bolsheviks] were out to cause anarchy and hatred amongst the people, and against the Allies, those Allies who had helped Russia in every possible way.” In addition, the passport contains stamps from France, Switzerland, and Austria.
United Kingdom Foreign Office
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United Kingdom Foreign Office
1917
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"Women's Social and Political Union" suffragette badge
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Women's rights
Small, shield-shaped lapel pin in the WSPU colours – green, white, and purple. In her memoir, Memories of a Militant (1924), Annie Kenney writes that the Suffragette colours were devised by Mrs Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence (1867-1954). Purple stands for loyalty, white for purity, and green for hope.
Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU)
Kenney Papers, University of East (UEA) Anglia Archives
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1903-1917
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