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Catalogue description Edith Craig and Muriel Matters
This record is held by London University: London School of Economics, The Women's Library
| Reference: | 7EWD/J/10 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Edith Craig and Muriel Matters |
| Description: |
Black and white photograph of two women, Muriel Matter on the left and Edith Craig on the right, walking together in Whitehall with arms linked. Craig is wearing a dark coat and wide hat, with an ermine style fur muffler and scarf. Matters is wearing a short fur jacket and a sprig of snowdrops. The photograph is pasted onto a torn piece of cream paper, and on the reverse are pasted press cuttings on suffrage activities in Glasgow. The manuscript note on the front is presumably written by Muriel Matters. Note: the press cuttings from the 'Glasgow Times' 1909, cover women's suffrage protests and meetings in Glasgow, and mention: Countess Russell, Mrs Pankhurst, Muriel Matters, Miss Gill, National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, Women's Freedom League, Women's Social & Political Union Miss Bennett, Anne Munro. Reference: Banks, Olive. The Biographical Dictionary of British Feminists, vol. 2 1900 -1945. |
| Date: | 1909 |
| Held by: | London University: London School of Economics, The Women's Library, not available at The National Archives |
| Former reference in its original department: | CM Object/ 7/EWD/J/10; EWD/c viii IND/EWD/J10 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 1 object |
| Physical condition: | Poor condition. Yellowed unevenly, creases across and down the photograph (made before it was pasted to the cream paper), significant abrasion top right quarter, small crease all over the photograph. Build up of dirt on the card, especially towards the edges. Conserved. Production method: gelatin silver print. |
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