Votes for Women Scarf

Votes for Women Scarf

A pristine silk scarf that was used in the suffragette movement.

"This pristine silk motor scarf was sold in London before the Women's Social and Political Union's “Woman’s Sunday” March on 21 June 1908. The government had challenged the suffrage movement to show numbers, and more than 250,000 activists traveled to Hyde Park to join the demonstration. Women were urged to wear their colors and they flocked to stores for merchandise in the WSPU’s signature purple, white and green. Christabel Pankhurst noted that if the government still refused to act, the WSPU would be obliged to increase its militant actions."
https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/baskin/item/4243

Women’s Social and Political Union, [“Votes for Women” scarf], [1908?], Lisa Unger Baskin Collection, Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University. Accessed September 21, 2021, https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/baskin/item/4243

Women’s Social and Political Union, [“Votes for Women” scarf], [1908?], Lisa Unger Baskin Collection, Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University. Accessed September 21, 2021, https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/baskin/item/4243

1908

Sofia Silvosa