KP/AK/7/13 - Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney's tablet at the Manchester Free Trade Hall
Reference code
KP/AK/7/13
Level of description
Item
Title
Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney's tablet at the Manchester Free Trade Hall
Date/s
19/5/1960
Personal name
Pankhurst, Christabel, Dame, 1880-1958
Kenney, Annie, 1879-1953
Kenney, Annie, 1879-1953
Scope and content
Commemorative plaque unveiled in Manchester Free Trade Hall in 1960 to honour Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney for their contribution to the suffragette movement.
The tablet reads: “At an election meeting in the Old Free Trade Hall on October 13th 1905 Christabel Pankhurst of this city and Annie Kenney of Saddleworth asked whether the incoming Liberal government would give votes to women. Thrown out without answer they continued their protest outside, were arrested, and imprisoned in Strangeways Gaol. Thus was born the Suffragette Campaign which was crowned with victory in 1918.”
The tablet reads: “At an election meeting in the Old Free Trade Hall on October 13th 1905 Christabel Pankhurst of this city and Annie Kenney of Saddleworth asked whether the incoming Liberal government would give votes to women. Thrown out without answer they continued their protest outside, were arrested, and imprisoned in Strangeways Gaol. Thus was born the Suffragette Campaign which was crowned with victory in 1918.”
Existence and location of copies
A digital copy may be viewed at Suffragette Stories: https://suffragettestories.omeka.net/items/show/74
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KP - The Kenney Papers
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KP/AK - Annie Kenney
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KP/AK/7 - Unveiling of Commemorative Plaque in Manchester Free Trade Hall
- KP/AK/7/13 - Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney's tablet at the Manchester Free Trade Hall
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KP/AK/7 - Unveiling of Commemorative Plaque in Manchester Free Trade Hall
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KP/AK - Annie Kenney