She designed the WSPU logo, leaflets and many banners and posters. She painted portraits of working women, and wrote for the suffragette press. She was arrested for protests loads of times, and went on repeated hunger strike.
September 27, 2026 at 9:17 PM
She designed the WSPU logo, leaflets and many banners and posters. She painted portraits of working women, and wrote for the suffragette press. She was arrested for protests loads of times, and went on repeated hunger strike.
UK suffragettes (WSPU) who taught themselves jiu-jitsu to tackle violence from the police and male vigilantes (image via Mary Evans Picture Library) #womensmartialarts
January 18, 2026 at 11:29 AM
UK suffragettes (WSPU) who taught themselves jiu-jitsu to tackle violence from the police and male vigilantes (image via Mary Evans Picture Library) #womensmartialarts
584. WSPU Steam car. Wargames Foundry conversion and scratch built car. Featured in my first book.
June 28, 2026 at 1:35 PM
584. WSPU Steam car. Wargames Foundry conversion and scratch built car. Featured in my first book.
There is also, IIRC, quite a lot of debate about how much of a impact the WSPU actually had on the broader suffragette cause.
February 2, 2026 at 9:08 PM
There is also, IIRC, quite a lot of debate about how much of a impact the WSPU actually had on the broader suffragette cause.
“Deeds Not Words” was the motto of the British suffragettes of the WSPU. Alice Paul learned all her activist tactics from them while in London. #HATM
May 25, 2026 at 12:21 AM
“Deeds Not Words” was the motto of the British suffragettes of the WSPU. Alice Paul learned all her activist tactics from them while in London. #HATM
#OnThisDay, 10 Oct 1903, Emmeline Pankhurst and others form the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in Manchester, UK. Eventually known as the suffragettes, they fought for women to have the vote.
[photo c 1906]
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #BritishHistory 🗃️
[photo c 1906]
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #BritishHistory 🗃️
October 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
#OnThisDay, 10 Oct 1903, Emmeline Pankhurst and others form the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in Manchester, UK. Eventually known as the suffragettes, they fought for women to have the vote.
[photo c 1906]
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #BritishHistory 🗃️
[photo c 1906]
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #BritishHistory 🗃️
5.The main militant society, the WSPU, cast itself as a quasi-military organisation.
It gave out medals, spoke of active service, used military ranks and demanded extraordinary loyalty to a charismatic leader, Mrs Pankhurst.
After 1914, in particular, the WSPU became strikingly hyper-nationalist.
It gave out medals, spoke of active service, used military ranks and demanded extraordinary loyalty to a charismatic leader, Mrs Pankhurst.
After 1914, in particular, the WSPU became strikingly hyper-nationalist.
February 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
5.The main militant society, the WSPU, cast itself as a quasi-military organisation.
It gave out medals, spoke of active service, used military ranks and demanded extraordinary loyalty to a charismatic leader, Mrs Pankhurst.
After 1914, in particular, the WSPU became strikingly hyper-nationalist.
It gave out medals, spoke of active service, used military ranks and demanded extraordinary loyalty to a charismatic leader, Mrs Pankhurst.
After 1914, in particular, the WSPU became strikingly hyper-nationalist.
Regret to inform that the WSPU has been retrospectively proscribed for the Suffragette bombing and arson campaign, and all the MPs here wearing WSPU colours have been jailed
July 3, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Regret to inform that the WSPU has been retrospectively proscribed for the Suffragette bombing and arson campaign, and all the MPs here wearing WSPU colours have been jailed
10 de outubro de 1903 (há 121 anos): A União Social e Política das Mulheres (WSPU, na sigla em inglês) é fundada no Reino Unido, com o objetivo de lutar pela emancipação das mulheres britânicas, incluindo o direito ao voto.
October 10, 2024 at 9:18 AM
10 de outubro de 1903 (há 121 anos): A União Social e Política das Mulheres (WSPU, na sigla em inglês) é fundada no Reino Unido, com o objetivo de lutar pela emancipação das mulheres britânicas, incluindo o direito ao voto.
Yeah im pretty sure i could make the argument that the wspu was more extreme in its methods than pal action has been. And yet i am free to say i think the wspu was righteous but not pal action? This is some bollocks.
June 15, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Yeah im pretty sure i could make the argument that the wspu was more extreme in its methods than pal action has been. And yet i am free to say i think the wspu was righteous but not pal action? This is some bollocks.
5/ Then 1912-14 happens. WSPU smashes Oxford Street. Burns Kew Gardens' tea house. Acid in postboxes. Cuts telegraph wires. Bombs Lloyd George's house under construction.
Pankhurst takes the credit and goes to prison for it.
Pankhurst takes the credit and goes to prison for it.
August 1, 2026 at 11:03 AM
5/ Then 1912-14 happens. WSPU smashes Oxford Street. Burns Kew Gardens' tea house. Acid in postboxes. Cuts telegraph wires. Bombs Lloyd George's house under construction.
Pankhurst takes the credit and goes to prison for it.
Pankhurst takes the credit and goes to prison for it.
The Suffragette Boadicea brooch, produced by the Women’s Social and Political Union WSPU in 1908; Boudica (Boadicea) was the war leader of the Iceni in AD60, leading a rebellion against the Roman occupation.
A thread…🧵
#InternationalWomensDay
#WomensHistoryMonth
A thread…🧵
#InternationalWomensDay
#WomensHistoryMonth
March 8, 2026 at 10:12 AM
The Suffragette Boadicea brooch, produced by the Women’s Social and Political Union WSPU in 1908; Boudica (Boadicea) was the war leader of the Iceni in AD60, leading a rebellion against the Roman occupation.
A thread…🧵
#InternationalWomensDay
#WomensHistoryMonth
A thread…🧵
#InternationalWomensDay
#WomensHistoryMonth
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Face à la répression des suffragettes anglaise, Edith Garrud ouvre en 1908 dans l’East End londonien un dojo (salle d’entraînement) réservé à l’instruction des suffragettes de la WSPU et de la Women’s Freedom League. Le jujitsuffragette, autodéfense féministe, naissait
Face à la répression des suffragettes anglaise, Edith Garrud ouvre en 1908 dans l’East End londonien un dojo (salle d’entraînement) réservé à l’instruction des suffragettes de la WSPU et de la Women’s Freedom League. Le jujitsuffragette, autodéfense féministe, naissait
December 1, 2024 at 10:29 AM
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Face à la répression des suffragettes anglaise, Edith Garrud ouvre en 1908 dans l’East End londonien un dojo (salle d’entraînement) réservé à l’instruction des suffragettes de la WSPU et de la Women’s Freedom League. Le jujitsuffragette, autodéfense féministe, naissait
Face à la répression des suffragettes anglaise, Edith Garrud ouvre en 1908 dans l’East End londonien un dojo (salle d’entraînement) réservé à l’instruction des suffragettes de la WSPU et de la Women’s Freedom League. Le jujitsuffragette, autodéfense féministe, naissait
When Christabel Pankhurst fled to Paris to avoid arrest in 1912, Annie Kenney was put in charge of the WSPU in London - the only working-class woman in a position of authority in the organisation. 6/9
May 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
When Christabel Pankhurst fled to Paris to avoid arrest in 1912, Annie Kenney was put in charge of the WSPU in London - the only working-class woman in a position of authority in the organisation. 6/9
In 1905 Kenney and two sisters went to a meeting in Oldham where Christabel Pankhurst spoke about voting rights for women. Kenney was so inspired that she was soon organising and speaking at meetings and joined the WSPU. 3/9
May 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
In 1905 Kenney and two sisters went to a meeting in Oldham where Christabel Pankhurst spoke about voting rights for women. Kenney was so inspired that she was soon organising and speaking at meetings and joined the WSPU. 3/9
Recommend Dr Fern Riddell’s book Death In Ten Minutes for a description of just how violent - necessarily in the face of state violence - the WSPU campaign for women’s votes actually was. Today a lot of people conflate it with the entirely peaceful NUWSS campaign but it’s the WSPU we remember
July 3, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Recommend Dr Fern Riddell’s book Death In Ten Minutes for a description of just how violent - necessarily in the face of state violence - the WSPU campaign for women’s votes actually was. Today a lot of people conflate it with the entirely peaceful NUWSS campaign but it’s the WSPU we remember
Pankhurst’s WSPU committed some one thousand acts of bombing and arson, by the way. But whatever, the real “intimidation and assault” is when you’re trans and you refuse to accept social death.
July 15, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Pankhurst’s WSPU committed some one thousand acts of bombing and arson, by the way. But whatever, the real “intimidation and assault” is when you’re trans and you refuse to accept social death.
Call for Papers: The Women’s History Network Annual Conference 2026 celebrates 100 years of The Women’s Library and a century of women’s history.
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#GenderHist #WomensHistory #WHN2026 #CFP
Image LSE Flickr: Meeting of WSPU leaders, c.1906.
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#GenderHist #WomensHistory #WHN2026 #CFP
Image LSE Flickr: Meeting of WSPU leaders, c.1906.
January 31, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Call for Papers: The Women’s History Network Annual Conference 2026 celebrates 100 years of The Women’s Library and a century of women’s history.
Details here: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c...
#GenderHist #WomensHistory #WHN2026 #CFP
Image LSE Flickr: Meeting of WSPU leaders, c.1906.
Details here: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c...
#GenderHist #WomensHistory #WHN2026 #CFP
Image LSE Flickr: Meeting of WSPU leaders, c.1906.
“Deeds, not words” fue el lema quizás más coreado por las sufragistas británicas de la WSPU (la Unión Social y Política de Mujeres) liderada por Emmeline Pankhurst en 1903.
#suffrage
#suffrage
May 7, 2026 at 11:02 AM
“Deeds, not words” fue el lema quizás más coreado por las sufragistas británicas de la WSPU (la Unión Social y Política de Mujeres) liderada por Emmeline Pankhurst en 1903.
#suffrage
#suffrage
See also: WSPU and NUWSS. I spend time in class on how the popular laudatory historical portrayals of the suffragettes have almost entirely erased the work of the much larger number of suffragists. Even the name “suffragette” has drowned everything else out.
March 7, 2026 at 12:39 PM
See also: WSPU and NUWSS. I spend time in class on how the popular laudatory historical portrayals of the suffragettes have almost entirely erased the work of the much larger number of suffragists. Even the name “suffragette” has drowned everything else out.
5) Herstoria, H. S. Mendelssohn, Josephine Butler, 1876.
6) Wikimedia, WSPU-Führerinnen, circa 1908. 8/8
6) Wikimedia, WSPU-Führerinnen, circa 1908. 8/8
February 21, 2026 at 11:45 AM
5) Herstoria, H. S. Mendelssohn, Josephine Butler, 1876.
6) Wikimedia, WSPU-Führerinnen, circa 1908. 8/8
6) Wikimedia, WSPU-Führerinnen, circa 1908. 8/8
3/ There are many photographs of prominent members of the WSPU wearing the brooch: Emmeline Pankhurst….
March 8, 2026 at 10:12 AM
3/ There are many photographs of prominent members of the WSPU wearing the brooch: Emmeline Pankhurst….
Members of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) protest outside Duke Street Prison, Glasgow in 1914. The prison was a prominent site where suffragettes were interned during their campaign for equal voting rights.
June 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Members of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) protest outside Duke Street Prison, Glasgow in 1914. The prison was a prominent site where suffragettes were interned during their campaign for equal voting rights.
I never fully trust the WSPU.
August 19, 2024 at 9:44 PM
I never fully trust the WSPU.