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Plaque to commemorate the location of the headquarters of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU)

1960

LSE Library

LSE Library
London, United Kingdom

The inscription on the plaque reads: “Here were the headquarters of THE WOMEN’S SOCIAL AND POLITICAL UNION KNOWN AS “THE SUFFRAGETTES” LED BY EMMELINE AND CHRISTABEL PANKHURST Here also lived EMMELINE PETHICK-LAWRENCE WHO, WITH HER HUSBAND PLAYED AN INVALUBALE PART IN BUILDING UP THE ORGANISATION AND EDITED “VOTES FOR WOMEN””.

Details

  • Title: Plaque to commemorate the location of the headquarters of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU)
  • Date Created: 1960
  • Location: Tower 3, London School of Economics and Political Science, Clement’s Inn, London WC2A 2AG
  • Type: Artifact
  • Original Source: LSE Library

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