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Description: | White silk, printed. Long rectangle, selvedge at one long edge, hem at all other edges; printed with lengthwise stripes in green and purple except at ends, printed "VOTES FOR WOMEN" in green and purple.
On selvedge edge and three hemmed edges 32 ply machine sewing thread. Colours of Women's Social and Political Union, the militant movement.
Give to donor's mother by her husband, and worn by her when she attended Suffragette meetings; she supported the movement but she was not militant. Mrs Laurisch lived at 37 Grange Avenue, Levenshulme, Manchester, family lived there 1890s - 1956.
Material: silk | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.38914 | Go to resource |
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