KP/AK/4/2/8 - Emmeline Pankhurst portrait badge

Reference code

KP/AK/4/2/8

Level of description

Sub-item

Title

Emmeline Pankhurst portrait badge

Date/s

1906-1918

Quantity & Format

1 Artefacts

Personal name

Pankhurst, Emmeline

Creator

Women's Social and Political Union

Scope and content

Celluloid photo button badge of Emmeline Pankhurst. Badges bearing portraits of Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence were mass produced by the Women's Social and Political Union. Sold to supporters for one penny, they raised funds for the campaign 'war chest' and enhanced the public profile of the suffragette leaders.

Conditions governing reproduction

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/4/2/8 - Emmeline Pankhurst portrait badge

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