Art, Theatre and Women's Suffrage

By: Irene Cockroft, Susan Croft

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According to figures from the Centre for Women and Democracy, the percentage of female MPs elected on May 6th, 2010 had risen to only 21.5% of the total - about a dozen extra women in the Commons. At a time when many are reluctant to adopt the label 'feminist', and when the movement towards proper female representation is almost at a standstill, this timely celebration of creativity during the suffragette campaign reminds us that women's role in the politics of the nation should not be taken for granted. From the sublime enamelled pendants of the artist Ernestine Mills to the extreme performances of the Actresses' Franchise League, this book explores the many weird and wonderful ways the suffragettes chose to publicise their cause. Art, Theatre and Women's Suffrage allows us to marvel at the imagination, talent and sheer commitment of some quite brilliant individuals and their work.

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What a fabulous book. Certainly recommend it strongly when I give talks, etc. Great there's so much in it about their marketing strategies, use of visual devices, etc and the strong staging opportunities such as Emily D's funeral. They were so much before their time.' Susan Homewood, Sylvia Pankhurst Trust ... this is not a book about the gesture. It's a story of connected and concerted bravery... a compelling reminder of a fierce and quietly-neglected artistic movement. Exeunt Magazine

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Introduction
The Early Years
The New Woman	p. 12
The Struggle for Women's Suffrage: The 1866 Petition	p. 13
The Cause behind the Campaign	p. 15
The Campaign
National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies	p. 18
Women's Social and Political Union	p. 19
Women's Freedom League	p. 21
The ANTIs
National League for Opposing Women's Suffrage	p. 23
The Arguments Against	p. 24
Art For Votes' Sake
Annie Swynnerton	p. 26
Sylvia Pankhurst	p. 27
Ernestine Mills	p. 28
Olive Hockin	p. 30
Edith Hinchley	p. 31
May Morris	p. 31
Emily Ford	p. 31
Clemence Housman	p. 32
A Patriot (Alfred Pearse)	p. 33
Flying Colours: Suffrage Banners	p. 33
Mary Lowndes	p. 33
Photographers	p. 34
Lena Connell	p. 34
The Anti-league in Art	p. 35
Performing Women's Suffrage
Revolting Women: The Monstrous Regiments	p. 39
Joan of Alt	p. 40
Funeral	p. 42
Pilgrimage	p. 43
Acting Up! The Actresses' Franchise League
Prologue	p. 44
Actresses, Writers and Stage Designers	p. 48
Inez Bensusan	p. 48
Ellen Terry	p. 49
Cicely Hamilton	p. 51
Edith Craig	p. 51
Christopher St John	p. 53
Elizabeth Robins	p. 53
Pamela Colman Smith	p. 54
Other Feminist Theatres	p. 54
The Pioneer Players	p. 55
The Play Actors	p. 56
The Propaganda Players	p. 57
Performances at WSPU's Women's Suffrage Exhibition, Princes' Skating Rink, Knightsbridge for 13-26 May 1909	p. 57
Performances at National WSPU's Christmas Fair and Festival, 1911	p. 59
Other Players	p. 60
Laurence Alma-Tadema	p. 60
Lena Ashwell	p. 61
Elizabeth Baker	p. 61
Jenny (Mrs Herbert) Cohen	p. 61
Jess Dorynne	p. 61
Beatrice Forbes Robertson	p. 61
Gertrude Elliott	p. 62
Gabrielle Enthoven	p. 62
Rosina Filippi	p. 62
Evelyn Glover	p. 63
Beatrice Harraden	p. 63
Kate Harvey	p. 63
Bessie Hatton	p. 63
Marian Emma Holmes	p. 64
Annie Horniman	p. 64
Laurence Housman	p. 64
Violet Hunt	p. 65
Gertrude Jennings	p. 65
Dame Madge Kendal	p. 65
Dame Edith Lyttelton	p. 65
Margaret Mack	p. 65
Winifred Mayo	p. 66
Lillah McCarthy	p. 66
M. Slieve McGowan	p. 66
Decima Moore	p. 67
Eva Moore	p. 67
Margaret Wynne Nevinson	p. 67
Adela Pankhurst	p. 68
'George Paston'	p. 68
Madeleine Lucette Ryley	p. 68
Sime Seruya	p. 69
Athene Seyler	p. 69
Mabel Annie St Clair Stohart	p. 69
Sybil Thorndike	p. 70
Violet and Irene Vanbrugh	p. 70
Vera Wentworth	p. 70
Edith Zangwill	p. 71
Israel Zangwill	p. 71
Music
March of the Women	p. 72
Ethel Smyth	p. 73
Spreading the Word
Meetings	p. 74
Platform Speakers: Richmond-upon-Thames and Wimbledon	p. 75
Bertrand Russell	p. 75
Lady Frances Balfour	p. 76
Soapbox Oratory: Rose Lamartine Yates	p. 76
The Garden Party	p. 80
Forms of Protest
Tax Resistance	p. 82
Census Boycott	p. 82
The Argument of the Broken Window	p. 83
Kitty Marion	p. 83
Lilian Lenton	p. 84
Hunger Strikes	p. 84
Off With Corsets! The Fashion Revolution	p. 88
Gilding the Lily
Badges	p. 91
Presentation Jewellery	p. 92
Personal Jewellery	p. 94
How Tax Resistance Served the Suffrage Campaign	p. 95
Contemporary Responses to the Suffrage Movement
Television	p. 96
Theatre	p. 97
Art	p. 98
Ann Dingsdale and the 1866 Women's Suffrage Petition	p. 98
History Recorded in the Subversive Stitch	p. 99
Four Generations	p. 99
1832-1928: Three Generations of Women Dedicate their lives to Winning Equality	p. 101
The Long Century of Catching-Up for Women Worldwide	p. 108
Collection of Suffrage Anthems	p. 110
Bibliography	p. 119
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