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As we continue to look at our curriculums and make it them representative and an accurate depiction of the times. I’ve looked into a POC during the women’s suffrage campaigns. I’ve pulled out some individuals in this thread that I’m going to highlight when I come to teach it.
(1) Sarah Parker Remind was a Black American & prominent anti slavery campaigned. She visited the UK & studied at Bedford College for women, she became involved in women’s rights. Signing the first mass women’s suffrage petition in 1866, she went on to train as a doctor in Italy
(2)Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, a Indian woman who was active in the WSPU, spoke regularly at meetings. Refused to pay tax due to not having the vote. Had a diamond ring impounded(1911), and other jewellery 1914. She refused to answer the census and writing no vote no census
(3) Indian Contigent of the women’s coronation procoession 1911: On 17th June 1911 the WSPU organised march just before Kingd coronation. It had 40,000 people march. This photo shows 6 Indian women marching as well. Including Lolita Roy and her daughters.
(4) Donald Adolphus Brown, with Caribbean heritage, was husband to Adelaide Knight and once married took her surname. Was a ally to the suffragettes cause, when Adelaide was to prison he wrote of his support and stated he was happy to run the house hold and care for the children.
(5) Another ally to the female vote was Dadabhai Naoroji, was the UK’s first ethnic minority MP, he was a member of the Women’s Franchcise League, set up by Emmeline Pankhurst & her husband before the WSPU & he went on to support some womens suffrage as well as many other causes
The stories of these people not only shows that women’s suffrage was diverse to some extent, it also helps show migration, opening discussions about how it’s hard to use censuses & names to work out ethnicity of many suffragettes and people at the time as they changed their names
Really inspired to build a greater more representative history curriculum by @CitoyenneClaire, @MissFolorunsho and @lamb_heart_tea that helps show the real complexities and realities of history
This is something I’ve been working on @GulledgeSarah and @MrsMoEnglish1 about adding greater representation into history
