Figurine (1987.360.1)

This china figurine of a Suffragette was made by Royal Doulton in 1977. Manchester was the birthplace of the campaign for 'votes for women'. In 1903, the Women's Social and Political Union was founded at the home of Emmeline Pankhurst. Three years later, the campaign base moved to London where a programme of civil disobedience began. Suffragette demands for equal voting rights were not met until 1928.

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