Silk Suffragette Buttonhole

Title: Silk Suffragette Buttonhole
Description: This silk Suffragette buttonhole, made around 1914, was designed to be worn in public as a sign of support for women’s voting rights. Small but striking, it turned clothing into a political statement. Like many suffrage objects, it combined elegance with activism, making protest visible in everyday life.
Publication Place: London
Date: 1914
Source: https://archives.libraries.london.ac.uk/Details/archive/110000254
Format: Object
Century: 20th
Exhibition Theme: From the Streets See all items with this value
Subject: Women's suffrage; Women's rights