Symbol of the Women's Political and Social Union prisoners' Badge, Victoria Towers Gardens, Westminster; London, UK


The Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was a women-only political movement and leading militant organisation campaigning for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom founded in 1903. Known from 1906 as the suffragettes, its membership and policies were tightly controlled by Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters Christabel and Sylvia. Sylvia was eventually expelled.


Size: 2921px × 2806px
Location: Westminster, London, UK
Photo credit: © Grazyna Bonati / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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