ID: 8572  -  Valerio Massimo De Angelis  -  Macerata Type: Text    Suffragist Art of Ritual Format: Medium: Citation Extent: 4 KB Identifier: Source: Winifred Holtby. Women and a Changing Civilization (1935). Chicago: Cassandra-Academy, 1978: 63-64 Title: [Suffragist Art of Ritual] Subtitle: Alternative: Agents: Creator: Holtby, Winifred Role: Author Name: Holtby, Winifred Created: 1935 Date: Issued Date: Issued in/on: 1935 in/on: 1978 Language: English Rights: Relation: IsPartOf Qualifier: Winifred Holtby. Women and a Changing Civilization (1935). Chicago: Cassandra-Academy, 1978: 63-64 Coverage: Place: Great Britain Time: 1910-1920 Description: On the mastery of the art of ritual by the Militant Suffrage Movement Subjects: Gender/Sexuality Subjects: Gender/Sexuality Subjects: Gender/Sexuality Subjects: Cultural Practices Subjects: Cultural Practices Keywords: feminism Keywords: militancy Keywords: suffragism Keywords: demonstrations Keywords: rituals Query Subject+Keyword: (Gender/Sexuality, feminism) Query Subject+Keyword: (Gender/Sexuality, militancy) Query Subject+Keyword: (Gender/Sexuality, suffragism) Query Subject+Keyword: (Cultural Practices, demonstrations) Query Subject+Keyword: (Cultural Practices, rituals) Comment: The citation stresses how the women engaged in the suffrage movement managed to reach the popular attention by way of a sophisticated use of public rituals, that resembled and in the early 20th century even overcame in importance those of religious and military ceremonies. On the function of "spectacle" in the suffrage movement see Lisa Tickner's The Spectacle of Women, filed in record 8428. As regards the same issue in the American suffrage movement, see the Library of Congress collection of images By Popular Demand, filed in record 9739.