It also helped them live on through history. Say ‘suffragette’ and what do you see? Long skirt, high-collared blouse and a tricolour sash reading ‘Votes For Women’. Little did they know ...

World leaders and royal families wear them. And, famously, sashes became an iconic emblem of the suffrage movement in the early 20th century. Emblazoned with the words “Votes for Women ...

She later died in hospital. Some historians have suggested she had intended to attach the sash to the horse’s bridle to promote the movement for women’s suffrage to the large crowd.

She later died in hospital. Some historians have suggested she had intended to attach the sash to the horse’s bridle to promote the movement for women’s suffrage to the large crowd.