Women's Sunday
| Women's Sunday | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Part of first-wave feminism | |||
Emmeline Pankhurst and Elizabeth Wolstenholme-Elmy of the Women's Social and Political Union at the head of the procession | |||
| Date | 21 June 1908 | ||
| Location | Hyde Park, London, England 51°30′31″N 0°09′49″W / 51.508611°N 0.163611°W | ||
| Caused by | Fight for women's suffrage | ||
| Methods | Marches, direct action | ||
| Resulted in | Up to 500,000 people participate | ||
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| Lead figures | |||
Emmeline Pankhurst (WSPU) Prime Minister H. H. Asquith | |||
| Preceded by: Mud March (NUWSS) | |||
Women's Sunday was a suffragette march and rally held in London on 21 June 1908. Organised by Emmeline Pankhurst's Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) to persuade the Liberal government to support votes for women, it is thought to have been the largest demonstration to be held until then in the country.
Up to 500,000 women and men from all over the country attended the event, and 30,000 women marched to Hyde Park in seven processions and carried 700 banners, including one that read, "Not chivalry but justice".