Give - Women - Vote

Vintage Ring in the Colours of the Suffragette Movement With Tourmaline, Amethyst & Diamonds, Vienna c. 1970

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Vintage Ring in the Colours of the Suffragette Movement With Tourmaline, Amethyst & Diamonds, Vienna c. 1970

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Jewellery is always a mirror of its time, on which the political and social trends of an era can be read. This ring from the years around 1970 is no exception: it is a vintage ring in the colours of the suffragette movement. We see a quality setting of a green tourmaline, three purple amethysts in combination with wonderful white navette cut diamonds. The colours of the gemstones can be read as an acronym of the women's movement: From the first letters of the colours green, white, violet a sentence can be formed that bundles everything the suffragettes fought for already almost exactly 100 years ago: "GIVE WOMEN VOTE". Made around 1970, the ring presents its symbolic setting in high-carat white gold and makes reference to the women's movement and the hard struggle of emancipation and equality at the beginning of the 20th century. It was then that jewellery in these colours was first created and worn as a sign of recognition. Later, in the years around 1970, the struggle became topical again. The ring is thus a successful reminiscence in luxurious material and unusual design and came to us from Vienna.

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Today, equal rights for men and women are an undisputed feature of Western cultures and it is impossible to imagine our society without them. And yet the road to it was an uphill struggle. Blood and tears were shed before women were allowed to participate in political elections for the first time in Germany in 1919. This social change was made possible by strong women who joined forces and took organized action against prevailing injustice. Central figures in the struggle for equal rights were the so-called suffragettes (from English/French suffrage, "choice"), radical women's rights activists in Great Britain and the United States who primarily engaged in passive resistance against male domination, even to the point of disrupting official events and public hunger strikes.

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Give - Women - Vote

€ 1,490.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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