A Delivery for 10 Downing Street

The fight for women's suffrage did not just consist of the basic protesting and marching as the Suffragettes found clever ways to gain media coverage and attention from various people in power. On the 23rd of February of 1909, two women of the Suffragettes had commenced their plan of becoming 'human letters'. After all their time spent in the Post offices, they did some thorough research and came up with the idea to post themselves to 10 Downing Street as there was nothing written against such action in the postal rules or guidelines. Although the idea (in my opinion), was so brilliant and unique, it did not have the exact success it deserved as a Guard Official refused to sign for the 'delivery' and sent both the ladies away.

Post Offices seemed to hold a particular significance to the Suffragettes as they also used radical methods, such as smashing the post office windows, that helped them gain their vote.