Claire Apr 26, 20201 min readBlock sixteen: Catch me if you canCatch me if you can is included because the suffragettes went into hiding after they were released through the Cat and Mouse Act. They...
Claire Apr 25, 20201 min readBlock fifteen: Coronation I picked Coronation mainly because I have a lot of respect for The Queen and the long reign she has had with dignity. I think for any...
Claire Apr 23, 20202 min readBlock fourteen: Lady of the white houseI am hopeful that one day, one day there will be a female president of the USA. We came close in 2016 and I still cannot understand how...
Claire Apr 22, 20201 min readBlock thirteen: Hourglass There is no real 'suffragette' meaning for this post, other than to show how time moves on through the hourglass. The triangles need to...
Claire Apr 21, 20202 min readBlock twelve: Cats and mice: hunger strikeOnce the suffragettes were imprisoned for their protests they started a new protest, hunger strikes. This led the liberal government to a...
Claire Apr 20, 20201 min readBlock eleven: Brave new worldOh what a brave new world the suffragette's were hoping for after the representation of people's act in 1918, I wonder what they would...
Claire Apr 19, 20201 min readBlock ten: Caroline's choice - Queen CarolineQueen Caroline was close to Robert Walpole (Britain's first prime minister) and had an influence over his political ideas. She was born...
Claire Apr 18, 20202 min readBlock nine: barristers blockHelena Florence Normanton was the first female barrister and the second woman to be called to the bar in the UK. When she married she was...
Claire Apr 17, 20201 min readBlock eight: Centennial - 100 years of the right to vote2018 marked 100 years since some women gained the right to vote and I was gutted as I missed the march on parliament. I missed an...
Claire Apr 16, 20201 min readBlock seven: AmethystI chose Amethyst because it is one of the colours of the suffragette's. Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, editor of Votes for Women, a weekly...
Claire Apr 15, 20201 min readBlock six: Brick pavement - the road to Westminster This block is called Brick Pavement and I decided to name it after the March the suffragettes did on their way to Westminster, also known...
Claire Apr 14, 20201 min readBlock five: Carrie the nationWomen carry the nation. Women carry out at least two and a half times more unpaid household and care work than men. Globally, girls aged...
Claire Apr 13, 20201 min readBlock four: Ladies Wreath - Epsom racesAs I explained in my first block Emily Wilding Davidson died at the Epsom races in 1913 after attempting to put a suffragette sash on the...
Claire Apr 12, 20201 min readBlock three: Bride's knot - the invisible women Block three is named after all the women who upon marrying became property of their husbands and therefore became invisible. I cannot...
Claire Apr 11, 20201 min readBlock two: Mother's delight - Emmeline Pankhurst Obviously Emmeline Pankhurst was the mother of the suffragette movement in the UK. I read her book, Suffragette - my own story, an...
Claire Apr 11, 20201 min readBlock one: Memory wreath - Emily Wilding DavidsonBlock one is in honour of Emily Wilding Davidson, the suffragette who tried to pin a 'Votes for Women' banner on the king's horse at the...
Claire Apr 10, 20201 min readAnd still I rise...I have been toying with the idea of creating a patchwork quilt inspired by the suffragettes using fabrics inspired by the era for a...
