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The event was organized by [[Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence]], the WSPU's treasurer, and featured the WSPU colours—purple, white and green—for the first time in public.{{sfn|Atkinson|2018|loc=1832}} Women were asked to wear white dresses, and leading up to the event shops offered displays of clothing for attendees: "White frocks will be prominent in the windows |
The event was organized by [[Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence]], the WSPU's treasurer, and featured the WSPU colours—purple, white and green—for the first time in public.{{sfn|Atkinson|2018|loc=1832}} Women were asked to wear white dresses, and leading up to the event shops offered displays of clothing for attendees: "White frocks will be prominent in the windows", according to the ''[[Daily Chronicle]]'', "with a plentiful supply of dress accessories in violet and green".{{sfn|Tickner|1988|p=93}} In the two days before the event, over 10,000 scarves in the colours were sold, at two shillings and elevenpence each; men wore ties in the colours.{{sfn|Tickner|1988|p=94}} |
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Stewards met attendees at the stations when they arrived in London in special trains from around the UK.{{sfn|Tickner|1988|p=93}} Around 30,000 women marched to Hyde Park in the seven processions, each of which was headed by a chief marshal who in turn led group marshals, captains and banner marshals. [[Emmeline Pankhurst]], dressed in purple, and [[Elizabeth Clarke Wolstenholme Elmy|Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy]] led a procession from [[Euston Road]]. At [[Paddington]], [[Annie Kenney]] led women from Wales, the Midlands and the west of England. [[Christabel Pankhurst]] and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence led a procession from the [[Victoria Embankment]]. Five thousand marched from [[Kensington]] along with five brass bands.{{sfn|Tickner|1988|p=94}} |
Stewards met attendees at the stations when they arrived in London in special trains from around the UK.{{sfn|Tickner|1988|p=93}} Around 30,000 women marched to Hyde Park in the seven processions, each of which was headed by a chief marshal who in turn led group marshals, captains and banner marshals. [[Emmeline Pankhurst]], dressed in purple, and [[Elizabeth Clarke Wolstenholme Elmy|Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy]] led a procession from [[Euston Road]]. At [[Paddington]], [[Annie Kenney]] led women from Wales, the Midlands and the west of England. [[Christabel Pankhurst]] and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence led a procession from the [[Victoria Embankment]]. Five thousand marched from [[Kensington]] along with five brass bands.{{sfn|Tickner|1988|p=94}} |
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Revision as of 08:44, 12 June 2018
| Women's Sunday | |||
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| Part of first-wave feminism | |||
| File:Women's Sunday, Hyde Park, 21 June 1908.jpeg Annie Kenney (centre) approaches one of the stages in Hyde Park. | |||
| Date | 21 June 1908 | ||
| Location | Hyde Park, London, England 51°30′31″N 0°09′49″W / 51.508611°N 0.163611°W | ||
| Caused by | Fight for women's suffrage | ||
| Methods | Demonstrations, marches, hectoring politicians | ||
| Resulted in | Up to half a million people participate | ||
| Parties | |||
| Lead figures | |||
Emmeline Pankhurst (WSPU) Prime Minister H. H. Asquith | |||
| Preceded by: Mud March Followed by: Black Friday | |||
Women's Sunday was a suffragette march and rally held in London on 21 June 1908. Organized by Emmeline Pankhurst's Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), with the aim of persuading the Liberal government to support votes for women, it was the largest demonstration held in the UK to that point.[1] Up to half a million[2] women and men from all over the country marched to Hyde Park in seven processions carrying 700 banners, including one that read "Not chivalry but justice".[3]
Processions
The event was organized by Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, the WSPU's treasurer, and featured the WSPU colours—purple, white and green—for the first time in public.[4] Women were asked to wear white dresses, and leading up to the event shops offered displays of clothing for attendees: "White frocks will be prominent in the windows", according to the Daily Chronicle, "with a plentiful supply of dress accessories in violet and green".[5] In the two days before the event, over 10,000 scarves in the colours were sold, at two shillings and elevenpence each; men wore ties in the colours.[6]
Stewards met attendees at the stations when they arrived in London in special trains from around the UK.[5] Around 30,000 women marched to Hyde Park in the seven processions, each of which was headed by a chief marshal who in turn led group marshals, captains and banner marshals. Emmeline Pankhurst, dressed in purple, and Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy led a procession from Euston Road. At Paddington, Annie Kenney led women from Wales, the Midlands and the west of England. Christabel Pankhurst and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence led a procession from the Victoria Embankment. Five thousand marched from Kensington along with five brass bands.[6]
Other attendees included Sylvia Pankhurst, Maud Pember Reeves, Mary Gawthorpe, Ethel Snowden, Keir Hardie.[6] Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington, George Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, Thomas Hardy and Israel Zangwill.[4][7][8] According to The Standard: "From first to last it was a great meeting, daringly conceived, splendidly stage-managed, and successfully carried out. Hyde Park has probably never seen a greater crowd of people."[4]
See also
References
- ^ Holten 2003, p. 46.
- ^ Holten 2003, p. 46; The Times, 22 June 1908, p. 9.
- ^ Atkinson 2018, 1748, 1832.
- ^ a b c Atkinson 2018, 1832.
- ^ a b Tickner 1988, p. 93.
- ^ a b c Tickner 1988, p. 94.
- ^ "Crowds in Hyde Park on Women's Sunday: 1908", Museum of London.
- ^ Bloom, Christina. "Suffragettes in Hyde Park on Women's Sunday; 1908", Museum of London.
Works cited
- Atkinson, Diane (2018). Rise Up Women!: The Remarkable Lives of the Suffragettes. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Holten, Sandra Stanley (2003) [1986]. Feminism and Democracy: Women's Suffrage and Reform Politics in Britain, 1900–1918. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Tickner, Lisa (1988). The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign 1907–14. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
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Further reading
- "Women's Sunday". Votes for Women. 18 June 1908, pp. 243–246.
- "'Women's Sunday': Hyde Park Rally, 21st June 1908", University of Kent.
- "Suffragette timeline: the long march to votes for women", The Daily Telegraph.
- Pethick-Lawrence, Emmeline (1938). My Part in a Changing World. London: Victor Gollanz.
- Purvis, June (1995). "The prison experiences of the suffragettes in Edwardian Britain". Women's History Review,. 4 (1): 103–133.
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