Friday, January 19, 2018

Suffragette Prison Embroidery


The handkerchief above was about to be burnt after a jumble sale in the 1970s. All the signatures were from suffragette prisoners in Holloway in 1912, some were hunger strikers and some forcibly fed.
Denise Jones is a student at UCA Farnham researching suffragette embroideries made in prison and is calling for other examples of work. Do you recognise any of the names in these signatures?

More: Selvedge Magazine

Via Everlasting Blort

2 comments:

  1. Hello, thank you for posting this image, could you indicate where I might find out more images, information on this period of embroidery, regarding suffragettes. Thank you

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  2. The post indicates my sources.

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