ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines the origins and implementation of three staged annual Days of Obligation orchestrated by the Suffragette Fellowship to commemorate three critical events linked to militant Suffragette history. Events focused on militant leaders, sacrifices of Suffragette prisoners, and celebrating shared victories provided a safe emotional space for Suffragettes to express private and public memories of shared histories while giving the Fellowship control over the public representation of suffrage histories. Past events were highlighted via the adaptive reuse of suffrage objects recreating the spectacle of suffrage days to capture media interest and the imagination of the public. The past became a product repurposed and repackaged as a suite of propaganda complete with living Suffragettes as authoritative witnesses to history.
