COLLECTION NAME:
Guardian Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL18043801
Reference Number:
AEH/4/2/56
Series Title:
Marjorie Garrod collection
Parent Work Title:
Letter from Emmeline Pankhurst to Annie Horniman
Creator:
Pankhurst, Emmeline, 1858-1928
Creator Role:
Author
Publication Details:
1911-03-05
Page/Sheet:
1
Description:
From the suffragette, and joint founder of the Women's Social and Political Union, Emmeline Pankhurst. She congratulates Annie Horniman after her long struggle to obtain fair treatment [referring to the long dispute over the Gaiety drinks licence, which was finally resolved in Horniman's favour at this time]; hopes Horniman's theatre will continue to have artistic success and obtain financial success; praises her work in dramatic art, commenting, "[i]t is an added pleasure to me that you are a woman". Double page opening.
Language:
English
Subject:
Theatre
Subject:
Theatres
Subject:
Women--Suffrage
Subject:
Women's rights
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Correspondence
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
20th Century CE
People Covered:
Horniman, Annie Elizabeth Fredericka, 1860-1937
Item Height:
256 mm
Item Width:
206 mm
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
Courtesy of the Pankhurst Family
