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

Subject

Women's suffrage

Women's rights