Visual protest: art and militancy in the Suffrage campaign (Gillian Murphy)
Jun 04, 2018•20 min
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Episode description
Militant suffragettes’ public demonstrations often deployed the visual arts. Exploring their campaigns, Gillian Murphy (Women’s Library, LSE) introduces the Artists’ Suffrage League and banners from their archive, while Monica Walker (Old Operating Theatre Museum) investigates links between art and militancy through the defacing of the Rokeby Venus.
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