KP/AK/4/2/10 - 'Hyde Park 1910' suffragette badge

Reference code

KP/AK/4/2/10

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Sub-item

Title

'Hyde Park 1910' suffragette badge

Date/s

23 July 1910

Quantity & Format

1 Artefacts

Scope and content

A rectangular green badge with gold lettering and surround.

The Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) organised a large procession to take place on 23 July 1910 in support of the Conciliation Bill. This Bill was designed to support some of the aims of the suffrage movement by allowing a limited number of women, based on property and marital status restrictions, the right to vote. It was a hard-won compromise, but ultimately unsuccessful, as Herbert Asquith, Prime Minister, decided not to pursue it after his re-election.

The date was chosen for its symbolic meaning as it was the anniversary of the day in 1866, when men demonstrating for their inclusion in the Reform Bill were confronted by police and broke through the railings, an event that became known as the 'Hyde Parks Railings Affair'.

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Existence and location of copies

A digital copy may be viewed at Suffragette Stories: https://suffragettestories.omeka.net/items/show/45

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