Holloway Prison brooch belonging to Louisa Cullen

 
Containers:
Folio-Box 47
Component identifier:
Item 2004/3/309
Content Summary:
Louisa C. (Louie) Cullen was presented this brooch by Emmeline Pankhurst at Albert Hall, in recognition of Cullen's imprisonment. Similar brooches were was given to all those who served prison sentences for their activities in the suffrage movement. This brooch is referred to in correspondence from Louie Cullen (see item number 2004/3/35).
Immediate source of acquisition:
Bessie Rischbieth bequeathed to the National Library her collection of papers and books in so far as they related to the 'national, empire and/or international development of the modern women's movements', while papers of personal and local interest were bequeathed to the State Library of Western Australia. The papers were received in November 1967, and were augmented by the records of the Australian Federation of Women Voters in 1970.
Subjects:
Women's rights

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Access and use

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Available at curator discretion, with special access conditions. Digital image available.
Parent Restrictions:
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Parent Terms of Access:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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