{"id":4174,"date":"2015-12-20T09:21:31","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T09:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?p=4174"},"modified":"2015-12-22T19:58:55","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T19:58:55","slug":"emilymatters-post-haste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?p=4174","title":{"rendered":"#Emilymatters &#8211; Post haste!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emilymatters_80096b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emilymatters_80096b-1024x170.jpg\" alt=\"Emilymatters_80096b\" width=\"819\" height=\"136\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emilymatters\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/EM_Gridline_banner-1024x256.jpg\" alt=\"EM_Gridline_banner\" width=\"614\" height=\"154\" \/><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><b>Twitter<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tofreedomscause?_rdr=p\"><b>Facebook<\/b><\/a><\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/tofreedomscause\/\"><b>Instagram<\/b><\/a><\/span><wbr \/>\u00a0|\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" title=\"Contact\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=28\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Email<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=2403\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #81096b;\"><b>#Emilymatters<\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/a>is a\u00a0social media campaign, inspired by suffragette <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epsomandewellhistoryexplorer.org.uk\/Davison.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Emily Davison<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0that champions gender equality and has a specific focus on voting matters.\u00a0See our\u00a0<span style=\"color: #81096b;\"><a style=\"color: #81096b;\" title=\"#Emilymatters\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=2403\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>#Emilymatters<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0page to find out more about what we do.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday 19th December was the last day to send cards in time for Christmas, using second class postage. Monday is the last day for first class postage.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4166\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2FC_EM_Card_GraingerMkt_Newcastle-web.jpg\" alt=\"2FC_EM_Card_GraingerMkt_Newcastle-web\" width=\"491\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2FC_EM_Card_GraingerMkt_Newcastle-web.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2FC_EM_Card_GraingerMkt_Newcastle-web-288x300.jpg 288w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I went to the Strand specifically to post some more <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=4038\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>#Emilymatters Christmas cards<\/strong><\/a><\/span>. Can you guess why? There&#8217;s a direct connection with suffragette Emily Davison.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">More <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Emilymatters?src=hash\">#Emilymatters<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/suffragette?src=hash\">#suffragette<\/a> Christmas cards sent. Went to the Strand-Fleet St to send them. Can you guess why? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Kft6VFiSyW\">pic.twitter.com\/Kft6VFiSyW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 #Emilymatters (@Emilymatters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Emilymatters\/status\/678224144333479936\">December 19, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nIn fact the area is awash with suffragette history. Just a stone&#8217;s throw away there is a plaque marking the site of the former WSPU office, which later moved to grander premises down the road on Kingsway.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4188\" style=\"width: 572px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4188\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4188\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/20151219_131022-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"20151219_131022\" width=\"562\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/20151219_131022-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/20151219_131022-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/20151219_131022-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WSPU headquarters memorial plaque. Photo: K Willoughby<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The cards I posted included one for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?p=2132\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Irene Cockroft<\/strong><\/a>, women&#8217;s suffrage expert and one of the kindest people I know. She has been very supportive of both <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=804\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>To Freedom&#8217;s Cause<\/strong><\/a> as well as <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=2403\" target=\"_blank\">#Emilymatters<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. And what Irene doesn&#8217;t know about the suffragettes isn&#8217;t worth knowing!<\/p>\n<p>It was a lovely sunny morning and I had three interesting conversations with passers-by to match.<\/p>\n<p>The first was with a man walking up the road with his bicycle, who stopped to have a chat whilst I was taking a photo at the postbox on Fleet Street. He told me he belonged to the Reform Club and said he thought <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=2403\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>#Emilymatters<\/strong><\/span><\/a> sounded excellent, adding that his club was the first London Club to include women members.<\/p>\n<p>The second was with the postman who came to collect the mail in the postbox and advised me to go back towards the Strand. We had a good chat about <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epsomandewellhistoryexplorer.org.uk\/Davison.html\" target=\"_blank\">Emily Davison<\/a><\/strong> and her sister suffragettes. He was a fan. Wonder what his colleague one hundred years ago would have thought?<\/p>\n<p>And the third was with another postman (in the clip) who knew a lot about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/historic_figures\/pankhurst_emmeline.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Emmeline Pankhurst<\/strong><\/a> and is planning to watch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/suffragettefilm\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Suffragette<\/strong><\/a> on DVD. We talked about Emily campaigning for a fair wage for all, not just for women.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m mindful it&#8217;s become quite fashionable in some quarters to claim that the suffragettes did more harm than good and that the suffragists were able to bring about change alone.<\/p>\n<p>I would challenge this view, which although well meant is insulting to the women from all backgrounds who risked everything for generations yet unborn. They didn&#8217;t take up Militant tactics lightly. Promises were broken time and time again &#8211; <strong>Deeds Not Words<\/strong> became a suffragette slogan.<\/p>\n<p>As can be seen in the film <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/suffragettefilm\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Suffragette<\/strong><\/a>, the State employed evermore heavy handed tactics to shame and suppress women&#8217;s voices. Progress towards universal suffrage was mostly superficial and something clearly had to change.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4182\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4182\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4182 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2FC-EM-SophiaDS_Vote_Quote.jpg\" alt=\"2FC EM SophiaDS_Vote_Quote\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2FC-EM-SophiaDS_Vote_Quote.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2FC-EM-SophiaDS_Vote_Quote-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2FC-EM-SophiaDS_Vote_Quote-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sophia Duleep Singh, suffragette &amp; princess<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Another myth is that the suffragette movement was exclusively made up of upper middle class women with a few token working class women. It is true that many members of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/higher\/history\/britsuff\/suffrage\/revision\/3\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>WSPU<\/strong><\/a> were from affluent backgrounds and some of the <strong>WSPU<\/strong> hierarchy did push for <strong>Votes For Women <\/strong>of the same class.<\/p>\n<p>This prescriptive top down approach did result in some members (including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sylviapankhurst.com\/her_campaigns\/sylvia_east_end.php\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Sylvia Pankhurst<\/strong><\/a>) leaving to continue the fight on their own terms. However, many remained part of the <strong>WSPU<\/strong> and kept pushing for votes for <em>all<\/em> women. Not least <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epsomandewellhistoryexplorer.org.uk\/Davison.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Emily Davison<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/WleighM.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mary Leigh<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/oxfordindex.oup.com\/view\/10.1093\/ref:odnb\/89853\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Connie Ellis<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/radicalmanchester.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/23\/hannah-mitchell-socialist-and-suffragette\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Hannah Mitchell<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1101 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/To-Freedoms-Cause_large_only_figure.jpg\" alt=\"cause2\" width=\"140\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/To-Freedoms-Cause_large_only_figure.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/To-Freedoms-Cause_large_only_figure-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Instead, I would suggest that it was the combined actions of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bl.uk\/learning\/histcitizen\/21cc\/struggle\/suffrage1\/suffragists.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>suffragists<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bl.uk\/learning\/histcitizen\/21cc\/struggle\/suffragettes1\/suffragettes.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>suffragettes<\/strong><\/a>, which finally brought about Votes For Women in 1928.<\/p>\n<p>Although the methods of campaigning may have differed and we can discuss the individual merits or otherwise, this great tapestry of organisations and individuals all strove for the right to vote &#8211; as a first step towards equality.<\/p>\n<p>And this these combined efforts of feminism&#8217;s First Wave are something to be celebrated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Because voting matters.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Because <em>you<\/em> matter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yours in the Cause (as Emily would say),<\/p>\n<p>Kate<\/p>\n<div>More about\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emilymatters\"><strong>@Emilymatters<\/strong><\/a><\/span>:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>A social media campaign<\/li>\n<li>Includes my Emily Davison play \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=244\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>To Freedom\u2019s Cause<\/strong><\/a>\u2018<\/li>\n<li>Supports &amp; advances gender equality<\/li>\n<li>Particular focus on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/votingmatters?source=feed_text\">\u202a<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=2461\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>#\u200e<\/strong><strong>Votingmatters<\/strong>\u202c<\/a>\u00a0for young people &amp; women<\/li>\n<li>Go to:\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=2403\" target=\"_blank\">bit.ly\/Emilymatters<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/PicsArt_1441280259780.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-3808 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/PicsArt_1441280259780-1024x1024.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/PicsArt_1441280259780-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/PicsArt_1441280259780-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/PicsArt_1441280259780-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" alt=\"PicsArt_1441280259780\" width=\"491\" height=\"491\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit addtoany_list\" data-a2a-url=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?p=4174\" data-a2a-title=\"#Emilymatters \u2013 Post haste!\"><a class=\"a2a_button_twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/twitter?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.katewilloughby.co.uk%2F%3Fp%3D4174&amp;linkname=%23Emilymatters%20%E2%80%93%20Post%20haste%21\" title=\"Twitter\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/icons\/twitter.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Twitter\"\/><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/linkedin?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.katewilloughby.co.uk%2F%3Fp%3D4174&amp;linkname=%23Emilymatters%20%E2%80%93%20Post%20haste%21\" title=\"LinkedIn\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/icons\/linkedin.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"LinkedIn\"\/><\/a><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\"><img src=\"\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter\u00a0|\u00a0Facebook\u00a0|\u00a0Instagram\u00a0|\u00a0Email #Emilymatters\u00a0is a\u00a0social media campaign, inspired by suffragette Emily Davison,\u00a0that champions gender equality and has a specific focus on voting matters.\u00a0See our\u00a0#Emilymatters\u00a0page to find out more about what we do. Saturday 19th December was the last day to send cards in time for Christmas, using second class postage. 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