1903 To 1917

Women's Social and Political Union

Categories: Gender Issues, Politics & Administration

Founded at the Pankhurst family home in Manchester. The headquarters was relocated to 4 Clement's Inn in 1906. Moved to Lincoln’s Inn House in Kingsway in 1912 - 17.

LSE History gives: "... the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) general office was at 4 Clement’s Inn, and had been since 1906.... In 1912, Emmeline Pankhurst moved the WSPU office to Lincoln’s Inn House on Kingsway and ousted the Pethwick-Lawrence’s. ... Emmeline Pankhurst founded the WSPU in 1903, and she, Christabel Pankhurst and Flora Drummond were famously pictured being arrested from Clement’s Inn in 1908. Clement’s Inn now contains LSE offices..."

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Women's Social and Political Union

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Suffragettes - WC2 - new building

We first saw this plaque when it was on the building that used to occupy this...

Suffragettes - WC2 - previous building

'Lost' in this instance means moved to a different building.

Votes for Women campaign hommage

The mural was due to be completed in 2018, to mark the centenary of votes for...

Women's Social and Political Union - prisoners' badge

The sculpture shows a WSPU prisoners' badge. This was designed by Sylvia Pan...

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