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Home Images and media photos Suffrage procession in London
The New Zealand contingent in the suffrage procession, London, 1910 is shown here. Anna Stout is standing left of centre, in front of the banner.
Auckland Weekly News (1910). Suffragettes, London.
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira Ref: PH-CNEG-C11446.
'Suffrage procession in London', URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/suffrage-procession-london, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 13-Mar-2018
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