AI marks anniversary
Created: May 08, 1999 11:00 AM
In its latest fundraiser -- a tribute to the 55th Anniversary of The Bermuda Women's Suffrage Act, limited edition bookmarks featuring leading women in the movement will go on sale today.
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In its latest fundraiser -- a tribute to the 55th Anniversary of The Bermuda Women's Suffrage Act, limited edition bookmarks featuring leading women in the movement will go on sale today.
The laminated bookmarks feature archival photographs of Gladys Morell, a leading Bermuda suffragette, Mrs. Edna Williams Tucker, the first woman to cast a vote, American, Eleanor Roosevelt and Bermuda suffragettes demonstrating.
The bookmarks at $5 a piece, are enhanced with the addition of ribbon in the suffragette colours of red & green. They will be available at the Phoenix Store on Reid Street today and tomorrow.
A display to mark the anniversary will be set up in the General Post Office next week.