Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
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March 1835: Madame Tussaud, now in her mid-seventies,...
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March 1835
Madame Tussaud
, now in her mid-seventies, established her waxworks exhibition at the Bazaar on Baker Street in London, after touring England, Ireland, and Scotland for over thirty years.
Altick, Richard D. The Shows of London. Belknap Press, 1978.
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Pilbeam, Pamela. Madame Tussaud and the History of Waxworks. Hambledon and London, 2003.
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21 June 1908: The Women's Social and Political Union organised...
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21 June 1908
The Women's Social and Political Union
organised a Woman's Sunday which involved (according to the Times estimate) between 250,000 and 500,000 people, mostly women. The WSPU called it Britain's largest-ever political meeting.
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
