ID: 8928  -  Valerio Massimo De Angelis  -  Macerata
Type: Image
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Medium: Digital File/gifExtent: 50 KB
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Title: Suffragettes Attacking the House of CommonsSubtitle:
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Created: 1911
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Language: English
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Place: LondonTime: 1911
Description: Satirical poster portraying a suffragettes’ attack on the House of Commons
Subjects: Cultural Practices
Subjects: Places
Subjects: Gender/Sexuality
Keywords: militancy
Keywords: House of Commons
Keywords: suffragism
Query Subject+Keyword: (Cultural Practices, militancy)
Query Subject+Keyword: (Places, House of Commons)
Query Subject+Keyword: (Gender/Sexuality, suffragism)
Comment: The image underscores the suffragettes’ violence (their weapons being umbrellas) and portrays policemen as their helpless victims, thus reversing what were their actual roles in these circumstances.