New Zealanders and the British suffrage movement
Find out how New Zealand citizens contributed to the suffrage movement in Britain.
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Starving for the Vote
See Frances Parker’s Medal for Valour, awarded for her hunger strike protesting against voting inequality in Britain.
When | Āhea
15 Sep – 12 Dec 2016
Where | Ki hea
Level 4
Cost | Te utu
Free exhibition
Allow | ME WHAKARITE
10 minutes
Find out how far New Zealander Frances Parker went in her fight for British women’s suffrage (the right to vote). Members of the Women’s Social and Political Union awarded her this Medal for Valour to recognise a hunger strike she went on while imprisoned in 1912.
Wander along from Espresso on Level 4 to take a look at the diminutive medal and its box, and to read Parker’s eye-watering account of being force fed.
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Who was Frances Parker?
Discover more about suffragette Frances Parker – the recipient of the Women’s Social and Political Union Medal for Valour in our collections.
Te Papa secures rare suffragette medal
26 February 2016 - A rare bravery medal awarded to New Zealander Frances Parker has been secured by Te Papa in an auction overnight.
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