(Suffrage.)
THE SUFFRAGETTE.
The Official Organ of the Women's Social and Political Union. Edited by Christabel Pankhurst. Vol. I: No. 18. Friday, February 14, 1913.
Description:
the paper a little browned,
pp. 269-284, folio,
folded sheets loose as issued, a little fraying at foot of spine, but very good condition overall
Publication Details:
The Woman's Press, 1913
Notes: A fascinating insight into the activities and attitudes of the WSPU, scarce in this sort of condition. The cartoon depicts the 'Westminster Hot (Air) House', a pane of its glass being shattered by a 'Suffragette David' as the 'Gardening Goliath' looks on aghast. The context of this was the attack on the greenhouse and orchids at Kew Gardens. The lead editorial , on 'The Methods of the Suffragettes', is forthright: 'It is not men who have any right to condemn the methods of the militant women as either cruel or selfish', before enumerating some of their hypocrisies and the perpetrators thereof...moreA fascinating insight into the activities and attitudes of the WSPU, scarce in this sort of condition. The cartoon depicts the 'Westminster Hot (Air) House', a pane of its glass being shattered by a 'Suffragette David' as the 'Gardening Goliath' looks on aghast. The context of this was the attack on the greenhouse and orchids at Kew Gardens. The lead editorial , on 'The Methods of the Suffragettes', is forthright: 'It is not men who have any right to condemn the methods of the militant women as either cruel or selfish', before enumerating some of their hypocrisies and the perpetrators thereof. A sense of the coming Great War is indicated in the mention of 'The Balkan allies' who 'say that peace must come through war', which proceeds into a damning assessment of the celebration of male militancy - in relation to which, 'the [female] militants are fighting as selflessly and bravely as the best men have ever fought!'. Within there are contributions from the Editor's mother, Emmeline Pankhurst, an account of various trials (with a list of 'Suffragists in Prison'), preparations for 'Self-Denial Week' at the beginning of the next month, a double-page spread glorifying their 'widespread attacks on property' (including that at Kew). Ethel Smyth contributes a long and exasperated broadside directed at the House of Commons, diagnosing 'mental debility' and 'serious moral disease' in a piece given the entertaining title of 'Deep Sea Fishing in Male Mentality'. HIDE
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Subject: History
Published Date: 1913
Stock Number: 67474
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