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of Great Women , and a board game, Pank-A-Squith (see item 174). The abundance of companies either run by or employing women is no- table in the advertisements. Each issue includes a section of classi- fied ads which advertised jobs and board for women, highlighting the counterculture movements that suffrage fitted into, such as specific calls for vegetarian boarders. The Pethick-Lawrences withdrew (or, by some accounts, were ousted) from the WSPU in 1912 due to a disagreement with the Pankhursts over the difficulties their wealth potentially caused. By mid-1914 the Pethick-Lawrences had handed over Votes for Women to the United Suffragists. It continued to appear, though in much-re- duced numbers, until 1918, when the Representation of the People Act was passed in February 1918 and the United Suffragists dissolved. Bound annuals of Votes for Women such as this are inevitably un- common; we can trace just four appearances, either singly or in in- complete runs, at auction. Copac locates two bound annuals (Vol. I at UCL, Vol. III at Royal Holloway), and though OCLC adds 38 insti- tutions in the UK and worldwide, it is unclear as to which of these are bound or unbound sets, as the records do not specify. Printing and the Mind of Man 398. £2,000 [120822]
stream press of any non-violent action taken by those campaigning for female suffrage, a suffragette-led newspaper was key in allowing a different narrative to be formed. It contained current news relating to the campaigns, including upcoming demonstrations, informa- tion on suffragette incarcerations, and updates on relevant by-elec- tions. This strength was highlighted in its own advertisements for the annuals which proclaimed that “The Votes for Women Bound Vol- ume is the only authentic history of the movement, giving the true facts as they occurred”. It also included articles and opinion pieces supporting the movements, satirical cartoons, theatre reviews, and limericks. It was in Votes for Women that Frederick coined the term the “Cat and Mouse Act” for the Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill- Health) Act, a term that was even adopted by the Home Office. The advertisements in this work show which brands and com- panies were associated with the movement, such as Mssrs J. and A. Miller’s “Suffragette Soap—made and used by suffragettes”, and Debenham and Freebody who regularly advertised their coats, demonstrating the labour force movements that ran in concord- ance with the suffrage movement. The journal also advertises the output from the Women’s Press , the WSPU’s publishing arm, also run by the Pethick-Lawrences, such as Cicely Hamilton’s A Pageant
All items are fully described and photographed at peterharrington.co.uk
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