Invitation to Meeting of Edinburgh National Society for Women's Suffrage
IssuerIssued by
Edinburgh National Society for Women's Suffrage (ENWSS)
(founded 1867)
AssociatedAssociated with
Caroline Phillips
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1874 - 1956)
AssociatedAssociated with
Christabel Pankhurst
(Manchester, England, 1880 - 1958)
Date5 October 1907
Object NameInvitation
Mediumcard and ink
ClassificationsSocieties
Dimensions8.9 × 11.4cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1988.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS082700
About MeThis is part of a collection of documents relating to Caroline Phillips (1874-1956), an Aberdonian journalist who was involved in the women's suffrage movement. The collection contains important correspondence between Phillips and key leaders in the suffrage movement, including Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst.Miss Phillips (hand-written)
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE DEMONSTRATION
The Committee request the favour of your presence on the Platform, on the occasion of a Meeting to be held in the Synod Hall, Edinburgh, on Saturday, 5th October 1907, at 5 o'clock.
Miss S.E.S. Mair, President of the Edinburgh National Society of Women's Suffrage, will preside.
SPEAKERS
MRS DESPARD, MRS PHILLIP SNOWDEN,
MRS BILLINGTON-GREIG
MISS CHRISTABEL PANKHURST, LL.B, LADY STEEL,
MISS LEES, AND OTHERS.
R.S.V.P. TO
MRS BELL, Hon. Secy,
39 Comely Bank Place,
Edinburgh
More About Me
Synod Hall in Edinburgh's Castlegate was first a theatre and meeting hall, but latterly a cinema, the first to show "talkies" when they appeared in the mid 1920s
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