KP/AK/2/BAL/2 - Invitation to Ceremonial Unveiling of Mrs Pankhurst's Statue

Reference code

KP/AK/2/BAL/2

Level of description

Item

Title

Invitation to Ceremonial Unveiling of Mrs Pankhurst's Statue

Date/s

13/11/1929

Quantity & Format

1 Invitation

Creator

Great Britain. Prime Minister's Office

Scope and content

An invitation from Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin’s Office for Annie Kenney to attend the Ceremonial Unveiling of Mrs. Pankhurst’s Statue in Westminster on 6/3/1930. The inside page communicates that The Metropolitan Police Central Band will play and that Dame Ethel Smyth will conduct. Ethel Smyth was a dedicated participant in the suffrage movement and in 1910 composed 'The March of the Women', a song that became the official anthem of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU).

Existence and location of copies

A digital copy may be viewed at Suffragette Stories: https://suffragettestories.omeka.net/items/show/10

KP - The Kenney Papers
- KP/AK - Annie Kenney
  - KP/AK/2 - Correspondence
    - KP/AK/2/BAL - Correspondence with Stanley Baldwin
      - KP/AK/2/BAL/2 - Invitation to Ceremonial Unveiling of Mrs Pankhurst's Statue

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