WSPU Holloway Prisoners Banner

The WSPU Holloway Banner is a suffragette banner designed by Scottish artist Ann Macbeth.[1][2][3][4]

Origin

The banner consists of 80 pieces of linen, each embroidered with the signatures of those women who had participated in hunger strikes in support of the cause of women's suffrage. The pieces are bordered by green and purple.[5] Along the top is embroidered "Women's Social and Political Union" in the Art Nouveau style. Also at the top are the names of some leaders of the women's suffrage movement, Annie Kenney, Christabel Pankhurst and Emmeline Pankhurst.

The banner was originally designed as a friendship quilt,[6] and converted into a banner with the addition of carrying poles.[7] It was donated by Macbeth to a bazaar held by the W.S.P.U. at Charing Cross Halls in Glasgow on 28 April 1910.[2] It was bought for £10 by Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, Baroness Pethick-Lawrence.[8]

The banner was carried in the 'From Prison to Citizenship' procession held in June 1910.

Women named on banner
Dora Beedham[9]

Helen Archdale

Jane Esdon Brailsford

Lady Constance Bulwer-Lytton[10]

Lucy Burns[6]

Sarah Carwin[6]

Emily Davison[10]

Marion Wallace Dunlop[6]

Evelina Haverfield[6]

Alice Hawkins[6]

Vera Holme[6]

Elsie Howey[10]

Annie Kenney[8]

Mary Leigh[10]

Kitty Marion[11]

Edith New[6]

Adela Pankhurst[6]

Christabel Pankhurst[8]

Emmeline Pankhurst[8]

Alice Paul[6]

Mary Phillips (suffragette)[6]

Ellen Pitfield[6]

Edith Rigby[6]

Catherine Tolson[6]

Helen Tolson[6]

Vera Wentworth[10]

See also

Image of banner at Museum of London: https://collections.museumoflondon.org.uk/online/object/91239.html

References
  1. Archives, Glasgow School of Art; Collections (2013-03-08). "Celebrating International Women's Day". GSA Archives and Collections. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  2. Stitching the self : identity and the needle arts. Amos, Johanna,, Binkley, Lisa. London, UK. 9 January 2020. ISBN 978-1-350-07039-4. OCLC 1137838896.CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. Suffrage and the arts : visual culture, politics and enterprise. Garrett, Miranda,, Thomas, Zoë. London. 20 September 2018. ISBN 978-1-350-01186-1. OCLC 982532870.CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. Crawford, Elizabeth. (1999). The women's suffrage movement : a reference guide, 1866-1928. London: UCL Press. ISBN 0-203-03109-1. OCLC 53836882.
  5. Willem. "WSPU Holloway Banner". trc-leiden.nl. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  6. "The London Library Magazine Autumn 2018 - Issue 41". Issuu. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  7. "From Prison to Citizenship · The Suffrage Postcard Project". thesuffragepostcardproject.omeka.net. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  8. "Museum of London | Free museum in London". collections.museumoflondon.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  9. "The London Library Magazine Autumn 2018 - Issue 41". Issuu. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  10. "The Hollowayettes - Museum of London". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  11. "The London Library Magazine Autumn 2018 - Issue 41". Issuu. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
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