Edinburgh museum reveals suffragette struggle

History fans who are planning to stay in city centre accommodation in Edinburgh may enjoy visiting a new exhibition about the struggle of the suffragettes.

Votes for Women is set to open in the Museum of Edinburgh on July 31st, where it will run until January 31st next year.

On show will be images, original artefacts and eye-witness accounts about women's struggle to win the vote between the mid 19th century and 1928, when they succeeded.

A statement from the museum revealed some of the women who visitors will learn about through the exhibition.

It said: "You will find out about Bessie Watson, who was nine years old when she played the bagpipes in the 1909 procession, and see the scarf of the Women’s Social and Political Union she wore on that day.

"You will meet Nannie Brown who walked 400 miles from Edinburgh to London with other members of the Women’s Freedom League."

Ms Brown completed this walk to collect signatures for a petition presented to the prime minister.

The exhibition is free to attend.
 

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