{"id":5087,"date":"2023-05-05T08:35:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T08:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/?p=5087"},"modified":"2025-02-26T13:19:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:19:04","slug":"votes-for-women-coronation-special-1911","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/2023\/05\/05\/votes-for-women-coronation-special-1911\/","title":{"rendered":"Votes for women: coronation special (1911)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An important part of suffrage campaigning was the organisation of mass processions and parades for the 1911 Coronation of King George V.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lselibrary\/26942035369\/in\/photostream\/\">These Flickr photos<\/a> show preparations, banners, leaflets, tracts letters and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk%2Fpost%2Fa-fragile-unity-the-women-s-coronation-procession-1911&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7C7d32527dcc8b47bfb7d908db4d3b4af2%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C1%7C638188689282618366%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=9QU4GoICm1uonRYDnmlaNqBghOzTmxy9gY3F8gAUD4E%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">A Fragile Unity: The Women\u2019s Coronation Procession, 1911<\/a> is an article on the Mapping Women\u2019s Suffrage website which shows the scale of the organisation and its connection with Empire.  Indeed, it included&nbsp; a \u2018car of Empire\u2018 designed by Marion Wallace Dunlop&nbsp; Its purpose is described on the<br><a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fartsandculture.google.com%2Fasset%2Fcar-of-empire-women-s-coronation-procession-topical%2FOAHXLhuJvpQvlw%3Fhl%3Den&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7C7d32527dcc8b47bfb7d908db4d3b4af2%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C1%7C638188689282774586%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=BRUYON4gPvnQRWROFPLNcsdNV4iRJE%2FFG%2BTTtRG5%2BIA%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Google Arts and culture website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laurence Housman helped <a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fartsandculture.google.com%2Fasset%2Fbanner-of-the-actresses-franchise-league%2FMQGDDU1TnNSgDA&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7C7d32527dcc8b47bfb7d908db4d3b4af2%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C1%7C638188689282774586%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=3j8OGPkHRBORGNYrVXfXovoxCoLIGaqq2B42XOgGrTk%3D&amp;reserved=0\">design this banner <\/a>for the Actresses Suffrage League in their colours of pink and green which was first carried at&nbsp;1911&nbsp;Coronation&nbsp;parade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdigital.library.lse.ac.uk%2Fobjects%2Flse%3Ajel636jak%2Fread%2Fsingle%23page%2F1%2Fmode%2F1up&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7C7d32527dcc8b47bfb7d908db4d3b4af2%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C1%7C638188689282774586%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=mJPFh%2F7zglbc3gskStFQ%2FhmYIfQK1HJT4ZOs3iwLij8%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Votes For Women, June 16 1911 <\/a> gives a detailed map of the route on page 614 as does <a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bl.uk%2Fcollection-items%2Fmap-for-suffragette-march-june-1911&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7C7d32527dcc8b47bfb7d908db4d3b4af2%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C1%7C638188689282774586%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=W82O9uboF%2BWY0biJIJ4PYQssq%2BSRjNp7fyXpwyrXvVQ%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Map for a suffragette march, June 1911 <\/a>from the British Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdigital.library.lse.ac.uk%2Fobjects%2Flse%3Atuh994pih%2Fread%2Fsingle%23page%2F1%2Fmode%2F1up&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7C7d32527dcc8b47bfb7d908db4d3b4af2%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C1%7C638188689282774586%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=5A63CxQKilyGJHBYhaApWg6f3D%2Fh7FEBqOQqMpN4HYo%3D&amp;reserved=0\">The Common Cause, June 22 1911<\/a> has photos and accounts of the success of the March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An important part of suffrage campaigning was the organisation of mass processions and parades for the 1911 Coronation of King George V. 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