sellers of The Suffragette newspaper were requested to “dress themselves in their smartest clothes”. Even when engaging in unlawful activities, they turned out well: a photo of three militants ...

From suffragettes donning white to demand voting rights to politicians making statements through their attire, clothing has often been used to challenge oppressive norms, amplify social causes ...

she was so dizzy she could not move and was taken to a suffragette nursing home, where she was visited by two friends. There, Marion changed clothes with one of them. Her impersonator was arrest ...