The suffragette movement was pivotal in getting the rights for women to vote, and was represented by the colours green, white and violet, as can be seen here in this lovely early 20th century antique suffragette pendant made in 15ct gold.
The beautiful flowing design is so elegant and set with natural seed pearls that graduate in size so elegantly. The way the pearls flow around the pendant is so elegant and then there is the final natural pearl suspended from the bottom.
Highlighted with a peridot and amethyst, the pendant measures 20mm across by 45.5mm and will always look so special when worn around the neck for all to admire.
Truly a wonderful piece of history, this antique suffragette pendant really is a piece of history that can be worn around your neck.
Stock# ES7038
Circa: 1910
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A brief history of the suffragette movement:
Suffragettes were members of women's organisations that started in late 19th century who fought for the right for women to vote in elections. Taking firm root when in 1897 the National Union of Women's Suffrage was founded by Millicent Fawcet who believed in peaceful protest and later in 1903 when Emmeline Pankhurst founded the British Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), a women-only movement. This later association became more vocal in their protesting, with many women being arrested and going to prison, starting hunger strikes and even burning down churches.
The suffragette campaign was halted when World War I broke out in 1914 and Emmeline Pankhurst instructed the Suffragettes to stop their now often violent campaign and support the government and its war effort. After the war, the Representation of the People Act 1918 gave the vote to women over the age of 30 who met certain property qualifications and then ten years later women gained electoral equality with men when the Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928 gave all women the vote at age 21.
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