Keir Hardie addressing the first women's suffrage demonstration Finish:Float frame A tent has been erected

A tent has been erected and a group of figures gather around a fire on the ice

South-west view of the church with a description in the lower margin

by John Martyn

2nd February 1978

Keir Hardie addressing the first women's suffrage demonstration Finish:Float frame A tent has been erectedKeir Hardie addressing the first women's suffrage demonstration, Trafalgar Square, London, 19 May 1906. Hardie (1856 1915) was a Scottish trade unionist and politician who was one of the founders of the Labour Party and its first Member of Parliament. He was a firm supporter of the campaign for women to receive the vote. Leading suffragettes Emmeline Pankhurst (1858 1928) and Elizabeth Clarke Wolstenholme Elmy (1833 1918) can be seen in the centre of