Suffragette Christmas Cards: The B&W Collection

Suffragette Christmas Cards: The B&W Collection

Tartan, Protest & Christmas Past

Bring history to the holiday table with this bold and beautiful set of five Black & White suffragette photographs — reimagined for the festive season. From bell-ringing Dundee defiance to tartan-clad celebrations, this collection highlights the women who led Scotland’s fight for justice, citizenship, and equity.

Every image has been carefully selected from major archives and adapted to create a modern, powerful holiday card that foregrounds women’s histories.

Your purchase helps us get more free educational resources into schools across Scotland — bringing these stories to the next generation of changemakers.

Pack of 5 cards on smooth 25gsm paper with recycled paper envelopes. The inside greeting varies (see below) with plenty of space for your own holiday message. These beautiful cards are fully recyclable.

📦 Product Overview

• Format: A6 folded card (148 × 105 mm)
• Contents: 5 designs. Set of 5
• Inside messages vary: Set includes 2 blank cards, 1 ‘Have a Braw Christmas’, 1 ‘Lang May Yer Lum Reek’, 1 ‘Merry Christmas to You and Yours’
• Materials: High-quality, luxurious but durable specialist greeting card stock, white, matte finish.
• Envelope: Recycled brown craft envelope, 100% recycled fibres, gummed diamond flap
• Back text: Suffragette Cards, Protests and Suffragettes, QR code
• Printing: Full colour, eco-friendly vegetable oil inks, UK-based printer with environmental ethos

🎨IMAGE DETAILS

• Bessie piping in the Procession (c.1911) — Young piper Bessie Watson, aged 9, leads a WSPU march in London. She piped outside Calton Jail to encourage imprisoned suffragettes. Inside
• Annie’s Arboretum (1908) — Annie Kenney plants an evergreen tree honouring women jailed for the cause of Votes for Women. She was a working-class suffragette and hunger-strike medal recipient.
• Census Sleepers (1911) — Women boycott the Census by sleeping on floors and in public spaces to protest their inability to vote.
• The Bell-Ringer of Dundee (1908) — Dorothy Moloney drowns out MP Winston Churchill with her bell after he refuses to apologise to suffragettes.
• Ye Mauna Tramp (1908) — Scottish suffragettes welcome Mary Phillips home from prison, dressed in tartan with a banner declaring “YE MAUNA TRAMP ON THE SCOTCH THISTLE LADDIE.”