Suffragette Memorial

Sculpture in London, England

The sculpture in 2012

The Suffragette Memorial is an outdoor sculpture commemorating those who fought for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, located in the north-west corner of Christchurch Gardens, Victoria, London.[1][2] The sculptors were Lorne McKean and Edwin Russell and the project was devised and supervised by the architect Paul Paget.[3] The memorial was unveiled in 1970.[4] It takes the form of a scroll in the shape of the letter S, created in fibreglass and finished in cold-cast bronze, placed on a conical plinth.[4] The text of the scroll reads:[1][5]

> This tribute is erected by the Suffragette Fellowship to commemorate the courage and perseverance of all those men and women who in the long struggle for votes for women selflessly braved derision, opposition and ostracism, many enduring physical violence and suffering.

An additional inscription notes that Caxton Hall, a nearby building on the corner of Caxton Street and Palmer Street, "was historically associated with women's suffrage meetings and deputations to Parliament".[1] The badge of the Women's Social and Political Union and the Women's Freedom League, known as the Holloway brooch, appears on both sides of the scroll; at the back of the scroll this is accompanied by a representation of the entrance to Holloway Prison.[4]

The memorial was commissioned by the Suffragette Fellowship,[6] an organisation dedicated to commemorating the fight for women's suffrage whose membership was confined to living suffragettes or the families of suffragettes.[4] A number of surviving suffragettes attended the unveiling, including the Fellowship's president Grace Roe[7] and Edith Clayton Pepper,[8] Leonora Cohen and Lilian Lenton.[5][7] At the unveiling the Labour politician Edith Summerskill told the audience of the debt she felt towards the suffragettes, adding "I will not fail to try to make some contribution to the women's cause".[7] Also in attendance, the Labour politician and Speaker of the House of Commons Horace King said that he believed that there would "sooner or later" be a woman Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.[7]

## See also[edit]

* List of monuments and memorials to women's suffrage

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c "Sculpture: Suffragettes sculpture scroll", London Remembers, retrieved 27 September 2014
2. ^ Planning and Development Committee application for memorial (PDF), Westminster City Council, retrieved 27 September 2014
3. ^ Ward-Jackson 2011, pp. 30–31.
4. ^ a b c d Ward-Jackson 2011, p. 30.
5. ^ a b Historic England. "Suffragette Fellowship Memorial (1521194)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 27 September 2014.
6. ^ "Suffragette Fellowship". collections.museumoflondon.org.uk. 1926. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
7. ^ a b c d "Dr King's Praise For Suffragettes", The Herald (Glasgow), 15 July 1970, retrieved 27 September 2014
8. ^ "Miss Edith Clayton Pepper / Database - Women's Suffrage Resources". www.suffrageresources.org.uk. Retrieved 13 December 2021.

## Bibliography[edit]

* Ward-Jackson, Philip (2011), Public Sculpture of Historic Westminster: Volume 1, Public Sculpture of Britain, vol. 14, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, ISBN 978-1-84631-691-3

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Suffragette Memorial, London at Wikimedia Commons

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Suffrage

Basic topics|

* Universal suffrage
* Women
* Men
* Black
* Youth
* Resident foreigners
* Expatriates in country of origin
* Voting age
* Demeny voting
* Suffragette
* Compulsory voting
* Disfranchisement
* Women's liberation movement

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* women
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* African Americans
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* Constitutional amendments: 15th, 19th, 23rd, 24th, 26th
* 1965 Voting Rights Act

Events|

* International Woman Suffrage Alliance conferences
* 1st
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* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th
* 6th
* 7th
* 8th
* 9th
* 10th
* 11th
* 12th
* 13th
* 14th
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* 2014 Hong Kong protests
* 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests

UK|

* WSPU march (1906)
* Mud March (1907)
* Women's Sunday (1908)
* Black Friday (1910)
* Battle of Downing Street (1910)
* Women's Coronation Procession (1911)
* Great Pilgrimage (1913)
* Open Christmas Letter (1914)
* Suffragette bombing and arson campaign

US|

* Seneca Falls Convention (1848)
* Declaration of Sentiments (1848)
* Rochester Convention (1848)
* Ohio Women's Convention (1850)
* National Women's Rights Convention (1850–1869)
* Trial of Susan B. Anthony (1872–1873)
* Suffrage Hikes (1912–1914)
* Woman Suffrage Procession (1913)
* Suffrage Torch
* Suffrage Special (1916)
* Silent Sentinels (1917–1919)
* Night of Terror
* Prison Special
* 1920 United States presidential election
* "Give Us the Ballot" (1957)
* Freedom Summer (1964)
* Selma to Montgomery marches (1965)

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(memorials)|

* List of suffragists and suffragettes
* Timeline of women's suffrage
* US
* in majority-Muslim countries
* Historiography of the Suffragettes
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* Women's rights activists
* Leser v. Garnett
* Belmont–Paul Monument
* Rise up, Women (Emmeline Pankhurst statue)
* Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst Memorial
* Elizabeth Cady Stanton statue
* Suffragette Memorial
* Portrait Monument
* Women's Rights Pioneers Monument
* Forward statue
* Kate Sheppard National Memorial
* Millicent Fawcett statue
* Great Petition (2008 sculpture)
* Centenary of Women's Suffrage Commemorative Fountain
* Resilience
* Turning Point Suffragist Memorial
* Eagle House
* Pankhurst Centre
* Paulsdale
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* Holloway brooch
* Holloway Jingles
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* Suffragette penny
* Suffrage Oak
* Women's Rights National Historical Park
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* International Women's Day
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Related|

* Age of candidacy
* National Voting Rights Museum (US)
* Umbrella Movement

Popular
culture|

* "The Women's Marseillaise"
* "The March of the Women" (1910 song)
* The Mother of Us All (1947 opera)
* "Sister Suffragette" (1964 song)
* Suffrage plays
* Women's suffrage in film
* Votes for Women (1912 film)
* Shoulder to Shoulder (1974 series)
* Not for Ourselves Alone (1999 documentary)
* Iron Jawed Angels (2004 film)
* Up the Women (2013 sitcom)
* Selma (2014 film)
* Suffragette (2015 film)
* Sylvia (2018 musical)
* Suffs (2022 musical)
* Susan B. Anthony dollar
* New Zealand ten-dollar note
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* Lioness (upcoming film)

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* Talking Statues
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Holocaust|

* Victoria Tower Gardens (planned)

* Hyde Park
* Kindertransport

Post-WWII|

* Victims of Communism
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Blue plaques|

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* From this moment despair ends and tactics begin
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Land art|

* Northala Fields

See also|

* Art on the Underground
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* London Mural Preservation Society
* Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association

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