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Votes for Women Poster (Hilda Dallas, 1909)

Hilda Dallas · 1909

A 1909 WSPU poster advertising the newspaper Votes for Women, part of the propaganda campaign of Pankhurst's suffrage organisation.

Promotional poster for the newspaper of Pankhurst's WSPU, showing the public face of her movement's campaign.

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Poster reading 'Votes for Women 1d' across the top and 'Wanted Everywhere!' along the bottom. A woman in a cream dress and green hat with a green scarf raises a newspaper labeled 'Votes for Women' over her head while standing in a grassy, hilly landscape. Signed 'H.M. Dallas' at lower right.
Hilda Dallas, Votes for Women poster, 1909.

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What it is

This 1909 poster, signed by Hilda Dallas, was made to promote the weekly newspaper Votes for Women, priced one penny. It reads 'Wanted Everywhere!' and shows a woman holding the newspaper above her head in a hilly landscape.

Why it matters

The poster was produced for the Women's Social and Political Union, the movement led by Emmeline Pankhurst. It shows how the campaign used upbeat, confident imagery to encourage people to buy and read its newspaper and join the cause.

Look closer

  • What mood does the woman's pose and the open landscape create?
  • Why might the phrase 'Wanted Everywhere!' have been chosen?
  • What does the poster suggest about who the WSPU hoped would support them?

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