"Hyde Park 1910" suffragette badge
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Title
"Hyde Park 1910" suffragette badge
Subject
Political activists
Direct action
Description
Hyde Park Badge, 23 July 1910
The Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) organised a large procession to take place on 23 July 1910 in support of the Conciliation Bill. This Bill was designed to support some of the aims of the suffrage movement by allowing a limited number of women, based on property and marital status restrictions, the right to vote. It was a hard-won compromise, but ultimately unsuccessful, as Herbert Asquith, Prime Minister, decided not to pursue it after his re-election.
The date was chosen for its symbolic meaning as it was the anniversary of the day in 1866, when men demonstrating for their inclusion in the Reform Bill were confronted by police and broke through the railings, an event that became known as the “Hyde Parks Railings Affair”.
The Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) organised a large procession to take place on 23 July 1910 in support of the Conciliation Bill. This Bill was designed to support some of the aims of the suffrage movement by allowing a limited number of women, based on property and marital status restrictions, the right to vote. It was a hard-won compromise, but ultimately unsuccessful, as Herbert Asquith, Prime Minister, decided not to pursue it after his re-election.
The date was chosen for its symbolic meaning as it was the anniversary of the day in 1866, when men demonstrating for their inclusion in the Reform Bill were confronted by police and broke through the railings, an event that became known as the “Hyde Parks Railings Affair”.
Creator
Unknown
Source
Kenney Papers, University of East (UEA) Anglia Archives
Publisher
Unknown
Date
23 July 1910
Format
jpeg image file
Language
English (United Kingdom)
Type
Identifier
KP/AK/4/2
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “"Hyde Park 1910" suffragette badge,” Suffragette Stories, accessed April 25, 2024, https://suffragettestories.omeka.net/items/show/45.