Mother's Day can make us reflect on the changes made available for women in just the last 40 years.
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While the ratification of the 19th Amendment 100 years ago (August 18, 1920) was a key achievement in women’s suffrage, the road to voter equality spanned generations – from the early efforts of suffragists and abolitionists in the 1800s, to breaking down barriers to voting for women of color in the mid-1900s. You may recognize Read More
Mother's Day can make us reflect on the changes made available for women in just the last 40 years.
Mother's Day can make us reflect on the changes made available for women in just the last 40 years.
Mother's Day can make us reflect on the changes made available for women in just the last 40 years.
British postcard in the Rotary Photographic Series, no. 1645 D. Sent by mail in 1906. Photo: Fellows Willson. English actress Eva Moore (1870–1955) had a career on stage and in film which spanned six decades. She was active in the women's suffrage movement, and from 1920 on she appeared in over two dozen films. For more postcards, a bio and clips check out our blog European Film Star Postcards or follow us at Tumblr or Pinterest.
One of the most iconic items to add to a suffrage collection is a WSPU hunger-strike medal. These medals were first presented by the WSPU at a ceremony in early August 1909, given to women who had…
When I decided to write a post on suffragettes in film, I thought there would be more material on which to draw. There are surprisingly f...
This antique pin with peridot, amethysts, and pearls set in 9 carat rose and yellow gold is gorgeous — but it’s not (necessarily) suffragette jewelry, as the seller claims. FYI, the ant…
Uptown, Updated: Suffragette Jewelry Below It's no hyperbole to suggest that I have gone Downton this week; Mr. C and I have been enjoying a mini Downton Abbey marathon. I enjoy how the writer/creator skirts the tension between popular culture (honestly; the Titanic?!) and corseted drama. And I'm attracted to many of the skirts too, especially this purple gown worn by the lush Lady Sybil in Season I. It captures Sybil's youth perfectly, with the pick stitching and sweet embroidery. And the colour invites my eye to linger. Any favourite Downton dresses out there? The dress in motion The dress at rest. Thanks to brilliant jeweler Belle de Ville for pointing out that purple, green, and white are the colors of jewels and badges worn by suffragettes (and Lady Sybil is all about women's rights. She even transforms the helplessness of not understanding how to fill a tea kettle into a charming feminist quest for knowledge). Here are some examples of suffragette style:
"Ladies All I Pray Make Free. And Tell Me How You Like Your Tea." If my china cabinet wasn't full of quilts here's what I'd collect. Women's Suffrage china. Saucer Another version Cup bottom The Victoria and Albert Museum has a black saucer in this series, which they credit to Thomas Fell & Company in Newcastle, England, about 1850, lead-glazed earthenware, transfer-printed in underglaze. http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O149287/saucer-thomas-fell-co/ Here's a later cream pitcher John Carr , Low Lights Pottery, about 1870 North Shields, England Angel of Freedom Designed by Sylvia Pankhurst Bone China H. W. Williamson, Longton, England http://www.museumoflondonprints.com/image/177702/h-m-williamson-&-sons-womens-social-and-political-union-white-porcelain-teapot-set-1909 In the early 20th century the British Women's Social & Political Union commissioned china for Suffragette tea rooms. The WSPU Angel of Freedom was used at a tea room at a fundraising fair in 1909. Angel of Freedom and Scottish Thistle Commissioned from the Diamond China Company for a WSPU Exhibition held in Glasgow 1910 Read more about British china here: http://womanandhersphere.com/2012/09/11/suffrage-stories-suffragettes-and-tea-rooms-suffragette-tea-from-suffragette-china/ And in this book preview http://books.google.com/books?id=a2EK9P7-ZMsC&pg=PA108&lpg=PA108&dq=angel+freedom+thistle+glasgow&source=bl&ots=aMdUl8zpwu&sig=LLsgwsTPgQb7ZDIZIcVXibBqmT8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=npVFUvylIJCK9gSWm4GYCg&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=angel%20freedom%20thistle%20glasgow&f=false Votes for Women demitasse cups Bavarian China commissioned by National American Woman Suffrage Association American suffrage organizations also commissioned china. Kenneth Florey characterizes this gold trimmed cup and saucer as the most widely distributed suffrage china. It says "Votes For Women" in the gold band. Votes For Women This original on this blue and white version is thought to have been commissioned by American Suffrage leader Alva Belmont in 1913 for a tea house at her Newport, Rhode Island, mansion. She had English pottery John Maddock and Sons do a rather extensive line of dinnerware. Reproductions are available today. Read about American and British china here: http://womansuffragememorabilia.com/woman-suffrage-memorabilia/china-and-stoneware/ Here are two sites that offer reproductions of the Belmont china: 1) Washington's Sewall Belmont House Museum https://secure.sewallbelmont.org/np/clients/sewallbelmont/catalog.jsp;jsessionid=463CAC0E56DDEBF4C2E9EB115743F4BB?catalog=1 2) http://newportstyle.net/Votes-for-Women/
