Women's Coronation Procession
The Women's Coronation Procession took place on June 17, 1911 in the form of a pageant and demonstration procession in London, shortly before the coronation of King George VI. The demonstration organized by the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) called for women's suffrage to be passed in the coronation year.
prehistory
The first major demonstration for women's suffrage had already taken place in 1907, it was the Mud March of February 9th, which was so called because of the continuous rain and the mud. While this march did not affect the immediate legislative process, it did have a significant impact on public awareness and future tactics of the women's movement. Large, peaceful, public demonstrations, never attempted before, became the standard means of the electoral campaign; On June 21, 1908, up to half a million people attended Women's Sunday , a WSPU rally in Hyde Park . These marches made it clear that the struggle for women's suffrage was supported by women from all walks of life.
In her 1988 study of the suffrage campaign, Tickner observed that "modest and uncertain as it was by subsequent standards, [the Mud March] established the precedent of large-scale processions, carefully ordered and publicized, accompanied by banners, bands and the colors of the participant societies. "(German:" as modest and indeterminate as it was in comparison to later standards, it [the "mud march"] formed the example of large-scale demonstrations that were carefully directed and publicized by banners, Chapels and the colors of the participating associations. ")
From 1907 until the start of World War I, the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) and the suffragettes held several peaceful demonstrations. On June 13, 1908, over 10,000 women in London took part in a procession organized by the NUWSS, and on June 21 of the same year the aforementioned Women's Sunday took place in Hyde Park .
The "Coronation March of Women"
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Around 40,000 people marched from Westminster to the Royal Albert Hall in south Kensington . Charlotte Despard and Flora Drummond led the procession as riders. Annan Bryce followed Johanna von Orléans on horseback, and 700 women and girls in white clothes followed. They wanted to show how many suffragettes had been in prison.
Kate Harvey, Edith Downing and Marion Wallace-Dunlop were among the organizers and Lolita Roy is believed to be the same.
Participants from India
Jane Cobden organized the appearance of the delegation from India. Sumita Mukherjee said the following about this in 2017:
"To exhibit the strength of support for the British suffrage movement throughout the Empire, the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) sought to include an 'Empire Paegant' featuring representatives from India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the West Indies. British suffragette Jane Cobden (Fisher Unwin) and others WSPU members were involved in coordinating these women, inviting them to join the procession. Under a banner featuring an elephant and emblazoned with 'India' marched a small contingent of Indian women. Very little is known about these five women, which attests to the overlooked history of Indian women's involvement in British suffrage, although it is understood that some of them were already living in Britain. Sumita Mukherjee has identified three of the women as Mrs PL Roy, Mrs Bhagwati Bhola Nauth and Mrs Mukerjea. "
(German: In order to demonstrate the strength of the support for the British women's suffrage movement throughout the Empire, the “Women's Social and Political Union” (WSPU) tried to involve an 'Empire Paegant', the representatives from India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the The British suffragette Jane Cobden (Fisher Unwin?) And other members of the WSPU looked after these women and invited them to take part in the demonstration under a banner that showed an elephant and large letters India , a small delegation of Indian women walked in. Little is known about the five women, which shows the neglect of the history of Indian women’s involvement in the UK suffrage, although some are believed to have lived in the UK. Sumita Mukherjee identified three of the women as: Ms. PL Roy, Ms. Bhagwati Bhola Nauth, and Ms. Mukerjea. )
Pharmacists
Elsie Hooper and other members of the National Association of Women Pharmacists joined the march. In June 1911, the magazine Chemist and Druggist showed pictures of female pharmacists in the demonstration and reported that she had been on the "science section of the train" "and that several other female pharmacists had taken the two and a half hour march.
See also
literature
- Diane Atkinson: Rise Up Women !: The Remarkable Lives of the Suffragettes . Bloomsbury, London 2018.
- Lisa Tickner: The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign 1907-14 . University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1988.
Web links
- Womens-suffrage-timeline. Retrieved April 6, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tickner, 1988, p. 78
- ^ Celebrating Elsie Hooper, early pioneer for women pharmacists, on International Women's Day , Pharmaceutical Journal. March 8, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
- ^ British Library: Women's suffrage timeline - The British Library . Bl.uk. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
- ^ Photograph of Indian suffragettes on the Women's Coronation Procession, June 17, 1911 at the Museum of London . Museumoflondonprints.com. June 17, 1911. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
- ^ Sumita Mukherjee: Diversity and the British female Suffrage movement . Fawcett Society (November 30, 2017) [1] Retrieved April 6, 2019
- ↑ The picture of the 5 Indian women with the banner. Accessed on April 6, 2019
- ^ Women pharmacists demand the vote , Wellcome Library. October 13, 2015. Accessed May 13, 2018.