Clemence and Laurence Housman Found The Suffrage Atelier - 1909

Submitted by Alessia Dickson on

Since the publication of Mary Wollstonecraft’s feminist text, Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), the women’s movement in Britain had grown exponentially. In the 1830s, the women’s movement turned their attention to women’s suffrage, with various groups dedicated to enfranchisement forming by the 1860s. The inability to vote meant women had few rights in comparison to men. As a result, the vote quickly became a symbol of civil and gender inequality that impassioned Victorian women across Britain.

The Reform Club of Manchester

This carefully crafted building was built in 1870-71, and is "...one of the largest surviving provincial clubhouses in the country." The archietect for the building was Edward Salomons, who possessed a great love of "surface decoration." The decor present on the Reform Club is unique. While most clubs chose to go for a classical style, Salomon sculpted the club in a more gothic manner. The outside of the building depicts three sculpted female figures, all representative of the science, art, and agriculture.

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