Manchester Suffragette Banner unveiled at People’s History Museum to mark 115 years since first shown to the public

Today (June 20), Manchester's People's History Museum has unveiled a historic banner, highly significant to the city's suffragette movement. The Manchester Suffragette Banner has been put on display at the city's unique museum 115 years after its first appearance in 1908, and is one of the very few banners known to have survived since the movement.

The banner has a unique history and was misplaced for many years before being bought at an auction in 2017. It was last recorded being seen in the 1930s, before being brought home to Manchester in 2017 when People’s History Museum crowdfunded to purchase the historical artefact from a dealer.

The Manchester Suffragette Banner will be on public display at the museum from June 21 to January 7 next year. It connects to the city's radical roots and will be hanging in main gallery one for visitors to come and observe for the next six months, before it is taken down and put back into storage until the centenary of all women getting the vote in 2028.