Protester Collection (page 3)

The Womens Social and Political Union fife and drum band out for the first time, 13 May 1909. On 13 May the Womens Social and Political Union (WSPU)

The arrest of suffragette Dora Marsden, 30 March 1909. Dora Marsden (1882-1960) was the standard bearer at a demonstration organised by the Womens Social and Political Union (WSPU)

The Human Letters dispatched by Jessie Kenney to Mr Asquith at 10 Downing Street, London, 1909. Part of the campaign by the suffragette movement to win the vote for women

Procession to welcome the early release of suffragettes from prison on 19 December 1908. Procession in Trafalgar Square to welcome Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928)

Ejection of a woman questioner from City Temple, London, 12 November 1908. Artist
Ejection of a woman questioner from City Temple, London, 12 November 1908. The woman was ejected for interrupting a speech given by Augustine Birrell

The Womens Freedom League attempting to enter the House of Commons, London, 1908. On 28 October, as part of the campaign to secure the vote for women

The head of the Womens Sunday Procession to Hyde Park, London, 21 June 1908. Artist
The head of the Womens Sunday Procession to Hyde Park, London, 21 June 1908. On Sunday 21 June 1908 thousands of people gathered in London to watch six processions organised by the suffragettes which

Emmeline Pankhurst, British suffragette leader, carrying a petition, London, 13 February 1908. Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928)

May Day parade, East Fourteenth Street, near Union Square, New York, USA, early 1930s. Marchers holding up placards with satirical portraits of Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler

Police arresting a group of hunger marchers in London, 1932. The National Hunger March of September-October 1932 was the largest of a series of marches organised in Britain during the Great

Demonstration against Hitler in front of City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennslyvania, USA, early 1930s. Protesting against the Nazi persecution of the Jews

Radical hunger marchers gathering in New York, USA, Great Depression, November 1932. Prior to a march on Washington. The marchers carried red banners and chanted the Internationale

Bonus Army in Anacostia Park, Washington DC, USA, Great Depression, 1932. Artist
Bonus Army in Anacostia Park, Washington DC, USA, Great Depression, 1932. The Bonus Army (Bonus Expeditionary Force) was a protest by First World War veterans

Bonus Army demonstrating outside the Capitol, Washington DC, USA, Great Depression, 1932. The Bonus Army (Bonus Expeditionary Force)

Russian children demonstrate for education and a better life, February 1917. Artist
Russian children demonstrate for education and a better life, February 1917

Peaceful demonstration regarding the treatment of British ex-servicemen, 1923. Artist
Peaceful demonstration regarding the treatment of British ex-servicemen, 1923. They hold placards protesting at the sacking of over 3000 civil servants who were former members of the armed services

The suffragette housemaid, 1908. Artist: Central News
The suffragette housemaid, 1908. A suffragette wearing a pinafore advertising a protest on Londons Victoria Embankment. The campaign to secure the vote for women in Britain saw women adopting a range

Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence and Emmeline Pankhurst, British suffragettes, 1908. Artist
Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence and Emmeline Pankhurst, British suffragettes, 1908. Emmeline Pethick Lawrence (1867-1954) and Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928)

Anti-war meeting at Speakers Corner, near Marble Arch, Hyde Park, London, c1920s-c1930s(?)

Riot during a strike by Standard Oil workers, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA, 1915. Artist
Riot during a strike by Standard Oil workers, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA, 1915. Standard Oil employees went on strike on 15 July 1915 over pay and union organisation

Armed troops confronting protesters during an industrial dispute, USA, 1912. Artist
Armed troops confronting protesters during an industrial dispute, USA, 1912. 1912 saw a number of industrial disputes, most notably a strike by immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts

Janet M Cole and Hazel Philip campaigning for Votes for Women, Chicago, USA, 1905
Mrs Janet M Cole and Miss Hazel Philip campaigning for Votes for Women, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905. Women finally secured the right to vote throughout the United States in 1920 with the passing of

CND demo, Horley, Surrey, c1969. Protesters from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament marching in Horley. The CND was founded in 1958 after Britain agreed to the siting of American atomic weapons

CND demo, Horley, Surrey, c1968. Protesters from the Highgate branch of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament marching in Horley

Members of Bromley Young Communists leading a CND demonstration, Horley, Surrey, c1964-1970
Members of Bromley Young Communists at the forefront of a CND demonstration, Horley, Surrey, c1964-1970. The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)

Emily Davison throwing herself in front of the Kings horse during the Derby, Epsom, Surrey, 1913. Emily Davison (1872-1913), an English suffragette

Mrs Flora Drummond, arrested in Hyde Park, London, 1914, (1935). General Flora Drummond joined the suffragette campaign to obtain the vote for women

Reform Leaguers at Marble Arch, London, 1866 (1906). Police trying to stop campaigners for voting reform from entering Hyde Park. From Cassells History of England, Vol. VI

Scene in the Belfast riots, 19th century (1906). From Cassells History of England, Vol. VI. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1906]

Bloody Sunday, London, 1887 (1906). Artist: WB Waller
Bloody Sunday, London, 1887 (1906). The Life Guards holding Trafalgar Square. Police and troops attacked demonstrators protesting against unemployment and British government policy in Ireland

Reform demonstration in Hyde Park, London, 19th century (1906). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. VIII. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1906]

A suffragette confronting two policemen, 1913 (1937). Artist: Sport & General
A suffragette confronting two policemen, 1913 (1937). The campaign to secure the vote for women in Britain reached its peak in 1912, early in George Vs reign, with women adopting a range of protests

Burning John Jays effigy, c1794 (c1880). Artist: Hooper
Burning John Jays effigy, c1794 (c1880). One of the Founding Fathers of the United States, John Jay served as the chief negotiator on the American side for the Treaty of London

Mob firing cannon before the courthouse where Alexander McLeod was imprisoned, 1840 (c1880). Alexander McLeod was a former deputy sheriff of Niagara district who was arrested in Buffalo

A Reform Act demonstration, Birmingham, West Midlands, c1832 (c1895)

An anti-war meeting, Hyde Park, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press, (London, 1926-1927)

The Derby tragedy of 1913, (1935). Emily Davison, a suffragette, threw herself in front of the Kings horse, Anmer, and was killed

A suffragette being arrested, c1910s (1935). The campaign to secure the vote for women in Britain reached its peak in 1912, early in George Vs reign, with women adopting a range of protests

The Seven Bishops, c1902. When King James II issued his second Declaration of Indulgence in 1688 - the Seven Bishops petitioned the King against it

Chartist Agitation, the Police Force on Bonners Fields, 1848, (1900). Policemen smoking clay pipes and drinking beer during political unrest in London

February 27th, 1917, 1917. Artist: Boris Mikhajlovich Kustodiev
February 27th, 1917, 1917. Scene depicting the Russian February Revolution, which overthrew the regime of Tsar Nicholas II. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Crowds on Znamenskaya Square, Petrograd, Russia, February Revolution, 1917. The February Revolution led to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and the collapse of imperial Russia

Striking Putilov workers on the first day of the February Revolution, St Petersburg, Russia, 1917. The Putilov Plant was a large machine-building factory in St Petersburg

The departure from Berlin, 1904. Protesters attack German soldiers on their way to fight the war in South-West Africa. Germany became involved in a war in its colony of South-West Africa (Namibia)

Protest in Brittany, 1902. Protesters at Landerneau in front of the St Julien school after the French Republic forbade church services and preaching in the Breton language

Demonstrations by students in Vienna (1848), 1900
Demonstrations by students in Vienna, (1848), 1900. On the South Station in Vienna, Haspinger is blessing the Tyrolean students on their way to national defence

Procession to Hambach Castle on 27th May 1832
Procession to Hambach Castle, Germany, 27 May 1832. In 1832 the people of the Palatinate met at Hambach in protest at the repressive rule of their Bavarian rulers

Demonstration in Copenhagen Fields, London 21 April 1834. Artist: W Summers
Demonstration in Copenhagen Fields, London 21 April 1834. This was a protest against the deportation of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, the Dorset agricultural workers deported to Australia for association

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