“Votes for Women!” German Ceramics Collection

Our Women’s Suffrage Collection is now the home to a fun and inviting set of suffragette-themed porcelain figurines made around 1910 during the “Deeds, Not Words” era of the Women’s Social and Political Union. While the suffragettes on both sides of the Atlantic were known for being capitalist queens in terms of the material their organizations produced—everything from playing cards to elegant watches—a lot of commercial manufacturers were makings tons of money off the suffragette brand. These figurines bear witness to the consumer demand for décor pertaining to the “votes for women” movement.