Sujet

Two suffragettes outside No 10 attempt to speak to the Prime Minister, January 1909. Artist: Unknown

Légende

Two suffragettes outside No 10 attempt to speak to the Prime Minister, 23rd January 1909. 'Human Letters to Downing Street'; Daisy Soloman is on the left and Elspeth McLelland stands next to her. They were posted as human letters and addressed to the Prime Minister Herbert Asquith. They were led by a telegraph boy to Downing Street, but were refused entry. Asquith's butler said You must be returned: you are dead letters. Soloman's mother was a leading figure in the WSPU, and was badly injured on a deputation to the House of Commons at a later date. McLelland had been the only woman among 600 male students at the Polytechnic Architectural School in London, and became the first woman to practice as an architect.
Museum of London

Date

1909

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Museum

Notre référence

HRM19A84_379

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

53,8Mo (1,6Mo) / 47,0cm x 28,7cm / 5551 x 3386 (300dpi)

Mots clés

route Londres femmes femme personnes gens le travail communications rue la politique metier poteau courrier lettre ruelle avenue Westminster policier lieu profession le feminisme dame concept droites rue avalante années 1900 20e siècle les droits des femmes Museum of London Daisy Soloman Elspeth McLelland photographie Herbert Daisy Herbert Asquith Asquith Herbert Henry Asquith Lord Asquith Earl of Oxford and Asquith HH Asquith H H Asquith Soloman McLelland Elspeth photographie