Suffrage banner, Home-Makers

Suffrage 'Home-Makers' banner. The banner was designed by Mary Lowndes for the constitutional NUWSS Procession, 13 June 1908.
On one side the banner incorporates a design of the fire of the hearth and the lamp of happy evenings. On the reverse was the phrase 'Remember their homeless sisters'. The banner, one in a series designed by Lowndes, founder of the Artists Suffrage League, for the event was announced in Women's Franchise on 14 May 1908 with the explanation 'Under it we hope that any will walk who feel their special sphere is the home. The group should comprise all classes of home-makers, the lady at the head of the house, the housekeeper, the children's nurse, the cook, the parlourmaid etc'.