KP/AK/4/2/2 - Women's Social and Political Union suffragette badge

Reference code

KP/AK/4/2/2

Level of description

Sub-item

Title

Women's Social and Political Union suffragette badge

Date/s

1903-1917

Quantity & Format

1 Artefacts

Creator

Women's Social and Political Union

Creator

Merchants Portrait Company

Administrative/Biographical history

Publisher

Scope and content

Small, shield-shaped lapel pin in the WSPU colours – green, white, and purple. In her memoir, 'Memories of a Militant' (1924), Annie Kenney writes that the Suffragette colours were devised by Mrs Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence (1867-1954). Purple stands for loyalty, white for purity, and green for hope

KP - The Kenney Papers
- KP/AK - Annie Kenney
  - KP/AK/4 - Miscellaneous papers and memorabilia
    - KP/AK/4/2 - Badges and other memorabilia
      - KP/AK/4/2/2 - Women's Social and Political Union suffragette badge

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