Pageants 4

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  1. Pageant of Womanhood
    A great many pageants were held across Britain in connection with the 1951 Festival of Britain (see entries on Boston, Dudley, and Rushden). The Southampton Pageant of Womanhood was part of that ci...

  2. Pageant of Great Women, Bristol
    The Pageant of Great Women had premiered at the Scala, London, in 1909. After its phenomenal success there, raising the profile of women’s suffrage groups, it toured many provincial cities, reachin...

  3. The Pageant of Great Women
    By 1909, the women’s suffrage campaign in the UK was in turmoil. Political stalemate over the issue of the female franchise had given rise to the establishment of the Women’s Social and Political U...

  4. International Council of Women Pageant
    Founded in Washington in 1888, the International Council of Women (ICW) was one of the first international women’s organisations, campaigning on women’s rights and leading the battle against gender...