Women's Suffrage March and Mass Meeting
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Title
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Women's Suffrage March and Mass Meeting
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Description
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(Visual Description) A poster of a woman with red hair dressed in a white dress and knight's armor with a sword on her hip stands atop a fortress wall in front of a red sun. She holds a white flag up in her left hand but it is not waving. She holds a horn in her right hand, calling people’s attention. Above her are the words "WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE MARCH and MASS-MEETING." To the side are the words "SATURDAY JUNE 13th EMBANKMENT 3 o’clock ALBERT HALL 4.30." At the bottom, in a smaller font, are the words "Route: Northumberland Avenue, Cockspur Street, Waterloo Place, Piccadilly, Knightsbridge, Albert Hall. Tickets for the Albert Hall Meeting, from 6d. to 5s. to be obtained National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 25, Victoria Street, Westminster."
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(Context Description) Artist Caroline Watts was commissioned by the firm of David Nutt as an illustrator for a series of translations of Arthurian and other romances. Her design for the "Bugler Girl" was closely associated with the heroic images she created for Alfred Nutt, the son of the firm's founder. "Bugler Girl" was used to advertise the June 1908 National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) proceession. It was used on posters and flyers advertising NUWSS meetings and from November 1913 on the front page of the NUWSS paper.Source:Crawford, Elizabeth. “Suffrage Stories/Women Artists: Caroline Watts and the ‘Bugler Girl.’” Woman and Her Sphere (blog), December 3, 2014. https://womanandhersphere.com/2014/12/03/suffrage-storieswomen-artists-caroline-watts-and-the-bugler-girl/
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Creator
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Caroline Watts (artist)
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Identifier
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Female warrior stands atop a fortress wall holding a flag and blasting a horn announcing a suffrage march.
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Source
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Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe Institute
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Subject
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Women's Suffrage
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Date
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1908
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Publisher
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J. Weiner LTD. (printer)
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Rights
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https://library.harvard.edu/privacy-terms-use-copyright-information#visuals
