Votes for women air balloon, 1909
Votes for women more in the air than ever: the suffragettes dirgible for the opening of Parliament. Armed with a megaphone and handbills, Muriel Matters and her air balloon intended to travel above the route of the royal procession for the opening of Parliament. However, the Illustrated London News reported that it was necessary to keep the balloon so high over Westminster that it was almost invisible
Picture No
13991190
Media ID
45428260
Size
4188px x 5016px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by the Photo Illustrations Bureau in The Illustrated London News, 20th February 1909, page 260
Date
1909
