Pageant of Queens at the Women's Coronation Procession

The Pageant of Queens at the Women's Coronation Procession, 17 June 1911. The Women's Coronation procession was organised by the militant Women's Social and Political Union. Held a week before the coronation of George V, it was intended to enlist the support of the new King in getting the Conciliation Bill of 1911 through Parliament.
The Pageant of Queens comprised women dressed in historic costume representing Queens Bertha, Mary Queen of Scots, Boaedica, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Queen Eleanor, Lady Jane Grey, Henrietta Maria & Ethelflaed. The women marched behind the International Contingent & Conservative & Unionist Women's Franchise Association and in front of the New Constitutional Society for Women's Suffrage. In the background can be seen the banner of the Society. Founded in 1910 in the aftermath of the General Election that year the NCSWS was a non militant suffrage organisation and specifically campaigned against government candidates at all by-elections. The Society adopted a green and white colour scheme and it is likely the banner was in these colours.