What a wonderful event. Celebrating 100 years of some women getting the vote.(ie those over 30 and with a personal estate). I found out a few months ago that the reason for the age and property bar, was because had all women been given the vote, they would have out-numbered the voting men, post WW1! Another snippet of information gleaned today was that the colours Green, White and Violet, stood for Give Women Votes. The marchers assembled along the whole length of Park Lane – so we walked from Marble Arch, to Park Lane, Piccadilly, St James St, Pall Mall, Whitehall, ending up at the Houses of Parliament. I spoke to a lots of women: young feminists; Masters students; domestic violence campaigners; educated women from Girton and the Fawcett Society; school teachers and guide leaders. There were some truly amazing banners.
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| Dancing to 'voulez vous couchez avec moi ce soir". |
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| My friend Sally created these silk batik banners. |
I’m considering a trip to Bletchley Park, to look at the work of coding specialists. I think there were many women employed this way, but this banner has inspired me to find out more.
This is the memorial to women working in WW2, by Maggi Hambling. It shows many different roles carried out by women - but does not actually show a woman!
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| Father and son supporting their women |
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| Squinty selfie |
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| Best in Show! Love the bag caption! |
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