The suffragette movement in the UK used symbolic artifacts like a cast-iron umbrella stand to express their fight for the right to vote.

A Victorian umbrella stand in the Glasgow Women's Library in the Bridgeton area of the city. It came from the Duke Street Prison, and it's believed to have been decorated by suffragettes who were imprisoned there during their fight for the right to vote. After the prison closed in 1954, the umbrella stand was initially discarded as scrap, but was later rescued and donated to the GWL. #glasgow #suffragettes #glasgowwomenslibrary #umbrellastand #glasgowhistory

When the prison was being demolished, a cast-iron umbrella stand painted in the suffragette colours was rescued from the rubble and is now housed in the Glasgow Women's Library in Bridgeton. #glasgow #glasgowhistory #dukestreet #dukestreetprison #suffragettes