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Today, I want to take a look at the “Tower Suffragette” – Leonora Cohen…
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Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [youtube.com/watch?v=qeIkbW49B6A]
SFX from freesfx.co.uk/Default.aspx
Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):
Rokeby Venus or The Toilet of Venus , Venus at her Mirror, Venus and Cupid by Diego Velázquez (1644). Held by the Natioonal Gallery, London. Superimposed is the damage done by Mary Richardson using a detail from a photo published in 1914 (before the repairs) in The Times (front page), March 11, 1914; The Daily Scetch, March 11, 1914 (front page--under the headline "How the Rokeby 'Venus', Bought by the Nation for ₤45,000, was Slashed with a Chopper by a Suffragette in the National Gallery".) For more info on the newspapers using the picture, see: Nead, Lynda. The female nude: art, obscenity, and sexuality. Routledge, 1992. ISBN 0415026784.
Screenshots from bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67333047, standard.co.uk/culture/exhibitions/just-stop-oil-rokeby-venus-smashed-glass-protest-condemn-b1119320.html and theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/06/just-stop-oil-protesters-smash-glass-painting-national-gallery
Edith Garrud and a volunteer dressed as a policeman demonstrate a number of positions Garrud teaches as an instructor (1910), as reproduced at messynessychic.com/2018/10/02/bow-down-to-the-queens-of-judo
Photograph of H.H. Asquith, former Prime Minister of the UK, Bain News Service (c.1910s). Held by the George Grantham Bain collection at the Library of Congress. According to the library, there are no known copyright restrictions on the use of this work.
Photograph of Tower of London, Bloody Tower and Wakefield Tower taken by Dirk Ingo Franke (2013).
F. Watkins, Walmsley, “The Jewel Room at the Tower” 1873 (1887 copy). Held by the British Library, HMNTS 010349.l.1.
Myra Sadd Brown’s Hunger Strike Medal. Used under Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International) from Victoria Museums in Australia.
Photograph of Leonora Cohen OBE after her release from Holloway prison (2 January 1909). Photographer unknown.
Screenshot of
"Mrs Leonora Cohen." Times, 7 Sept. 1978, p. 18. The Times Digital Archive.
Quoted texts:
Leonora Cohen quoted in “Suffragettes: How Britain’s Women Fought & Died for the Right to Vote” by Frank Meeres (2013).
Diane Drummond, ODNB entry on Leonora Cohen.
Leonora Cohen’s message wrapped around the iron bar.
The Times (London, England), Thursday, May 15, 1913; pg. 3; Issue 40212.
Leonora Cohen quotation, reproduced at royalarmouries.org/objects-and-stories/stories/is-the-kings-crown-safe
Excerpt from Henry Cohen’s Last Will and Testament reproduced at royalarmouries.org/objects-and-stories/stories/is-the-kings-crown-safe
"Mrs Leonora Cohen." Times, 7 Sept. 1978, p. 18. The Times Digital Archive.
Also consulted, were:
Other relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.
#History #Suffragette #TowerOfLondon
Today, I want to take a look at the “Tower Suffragette” – Leonora Cohen…
Please check out my website and sign up to the mailing list to receive updates from me: katrinamarchant.com
I hope you enjoy this video and find it interesting!
Please subscribe and click the bell icon to be updated about new videos.
Also, if you want to get in touch, please comment down below or find me on social media:
Instagram and Threads: katrina.marchant
Twitter: @kat_marchant
TikTok: @katrina_marchant
Email: readingthepastwithdrkat@gmail.com
Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [youtube.com/watch?v=qeIkbW49B6A]
SFX from freesfx.co.uk/Default.aspx
Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):
Rokeby Venus or The Toilet of Venus , Venus at her Mirror, Venus and Cupid by Diego Velázquez (1644). Held by the Natioonal Gallery, London. Superimposed is the damage done by Mary Richardson using a detail from a photo published in 1914 (before the repairs) in The Times (front page), March 11, 1914; The Daily Scetch, March 11, 1914 (front page--under the headline "How the Rokeby 'Venus', Bought by the Nation for ₤45,000, was Slashed with a Chopper by a Suffragette in the National Gallery".) For more info on the newspapers using the picture, see: Nead, Lynda. The female nude: art, obscenity, and sexuality. Routledge, 1992. ISBN 0415026784.
Screenshots from bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67333047, standard.co.uk/culture/exhibitions/just-stop-oil-rokeby-venus-smashed-glass-protest-condemn-b1119320.html and theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/06/just-stop-oil-protesters-smash-glass-painting-national-gallery
Edith Garrud and a volunteer dressed as a policeman demonstrate a number of positions Garrud teaches as an instructor (1910), as reproduced at messynessychic.com/2018/10/02/bow-down-to-the-queens-of-judo
Photograph of H.H. Asquith, former Prime Minister of the UK, Bain News Service (c.1910s). Held by the George Grantham Bain collection at the Library of Congress. According to the library, there are no known copyright restrictions on the use of this work.
Photograph of Tower of London, Bloody Tower and Wakefield Tower taken by Dirk Ingo Franke (2013).
F. Watkins, Walmsley, “The Jewel Room at the Tower” 1873 (1887 copy). Held by the British Library, HMNTS 010349.l.1.
Myra Sadd Brown’s Hunger Strike Medal. Used under Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International) from Victoria Museums in Australia.
Photograph of Leonora Cohen OBE after her release from Holloway prison (2 January 1909). Photographer unknown.
Screenshot of
"Mrs Leonora Cohen." Times, 7 Sept. 1978, p. 18. The Times Digital Archive.
Quoted texts:
Leonora Cohen quoted in “Suffragettes: How Britain’s Women Fought & Died for the Right to Vote” by Frank Meeres (2013).
Diane Drummond, ODNB entry on Leonora Cohen.
Leonora Cohen’s message wrapped around the iron bar.
The Times (London, England), Thursday, May 15, 1913; pg. 3; Issue 40212.
Leonora Cohen quotation, reproduced at royalarmouries.org/objects-and-stories/stories/is-the-kings-crown-safe
Excerpt from Henry Cohen’s Last Will and Testament reproduced at royalarmouries.org/objects-and-stories/stories/is-the-kings-crown-safe
"Mrs Leonora Cohen." Times, 7 Sept. 1978, p. 18. The Times Digital Archive.
Also consulted, were:
Other relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.
#History #Suffragette #TowerOfLondon
