VOTES FOR WOMEN ( 2 Volumes )

London, Votes for Women. Friday, May 29th 1914. & Friday May 22nd 1914. First edition. Very good paper covers. Illustrated . Slight wear to the extremities. Folio size. Scarce.

Votes for Women was a newspaper associated with the women's suffrage movement in the United Kingdom. Until 1912, it was the official newspaper of the Women's Social and Political Union, the leading suffragette organisation. Subsequently, it continued with a smaller circulation, at first independently, and then as the publication of the United Suffragists. The paper was succeeded by The Suffragette.

The newspaper was founded and financed in October 1907 by Emmeline and Frederick Pethick-Lawrence. The couple became joint editors of the newspaper, which was published by the St. Clement's Press. It was adopted as the official newspaper of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), already the leading militant suffragette organisation in the country.^[2] Many copies were sold by WSPU members standing on the street. The pavement sellers were often harassed by passersby, and were forced to stand in the gutter lest the police arrest them for "obstruction of the pavement" ( Votes for Women (newspaper) - Wikipedia )