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testimony by a James Knox in the Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser of the time, the petition was thrown “into their Majesties’ carriage as they drove through the town. The police seized it and Chief Constable Christie handed it to me as a historical souvenir of the occasion.” The petition was among the papers of James Knox, Hon Sheriff Substitute and ex-Provost of Airdrie, which were donated to Airdrie Library in the 1950s. (Airdrie Central Library, Monklands Collection U27 0291)
Perth, 1914: July 1914 petition of ‘Your Majesty’s Loyal Subject’ ‘praying that the torture of women by forcible feeding in prison may be stopped.’ Despite extravagant precautions taken to ensure the 1914 royal visit would pass peacefully, the petition was thrown by 'Rhoda Robinson' (Anna Rhoda Craig) at King George V’s carriage as it passed through Perth. At the time forcible feeding was being carried on at Perth Prison. (Perth Museum and Galleries, Archive 217) (Copy of front page in WC.)
Poetry, c1893 McGonagall, William Topaz. Women’s Suffrage, in Poetic Gems, c1893. The tragedian's enlightened tribute begins:
"Fellow men! why should the lords try to despise, And prohibit women from having the benefit of the Parliamentary Franchise? When they pay the same taxes as you and me, I consider they ought to have the same liberty."
Postcards Postcard sent to prison authorities during trial of 'Margaret Morrison' (Ethel Moorhead) and Elizabeth Chalmers Smith for allegedly attempting to set fire to a mansion in Glasgow in 1913. Addressed: "To British Tyrants: Asquith and Co'. (National Archives of Scotland, JC 26/1551)
Postcard: ‘The Suffragette’s Nightmare.’ A running suffragette carrying a hammer, made out of cut-up halfpenny green Edwardian stamps, is chased by a postbox made up of cut-out penny red stamps carrying an incendiary device. Posted 1913.
Prison Magazine A copy of The Hammerer's Magazine, May 1912. Hand written and illustrated, and stated tongue-in-cheek 'for private circulation only' it shows on its cover a hammer striking a pane of glass. The magazine was produced by the 25-or-so women incarcerated in Winson Green Prison, Birmingham from the London overspill of March 1912 when 200 women were jailed for window smashing. The magazine includes several poems and a number of illustrations. Contributors are mostly anonymous or use initials or pseudonyms. (Dundee University Archives MS 15/275)
Scottish National Anti-Suffrage League Programme and printed handbill from the Scottish Anti-Suffrage demonstration held at the St Andrews Halls, Glasgow on Nov 1, 1912. The two-page handbill is interesting as it provides an extensive list of those attending the demonstration, a veritable who's who of Scotland's landed gentry and aristocracy. (National Library of Scotland)
Scrapbook Relating to women’s suffrage, compiled by Angus Lamont, 1902-1919. (Mitchell Library, TD 1320/2/9) Relating to socialist politics and events, compiled by Tom Anderson. (Mitchell Library, TD 591)
Stirling References to suffrage campaign, Stirling Town Council Minute Books. (Stirling Council Archives SB1/1/2 and SB1/1/3
Valentine Victorian, c1870, anti-feminism hand coloured illustration, 10in x 8in, of man holding girl in his arms, with the verse: I ne'er did see such an ugly goose, One more ugly or more lose; No woman of sense can of you dream, So go and wash your napkins clean. (Watson Collection)
WSPU leaflet, 1908 A single-page leaflet, printed at Dundee in 1908. It calls on Irish electors to vote against the Liberal candidate Winston Churchill. All political parties attempted to enlist the large Irish vote in the city. (Tamiment Library, New York. Copy in WC.)
WSPU leaflet, 1908 Single page leaflet advertising two meetings at the Town Hall, Stonehaven, during the Kincardineshire by-election of 1908 – speakers Mary Gawthorpe, Helen Fraser, Una Dugdale and Isabel Seymour. (Tamiment Library, New York. (Copy in WC.)
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