Newnham College Silk Scarf - Storming the Gates by Quentin Blake
Newnham College Silk Scarf - Storming the Gates by Quentin Blake
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A timeless accessory to treasure for years to come. The special scarf is beautifully created using 100% silk. This lovely 100% silk scarf, features Newnham’s very own Quentin Blake drawing.
The artist kindly drew – The Storming of the Clough Gates – especially for Newnham, inspired by events of October 1921, when the question as to whether women should be allowed to receive their degrees from the Vice-Chancellor in the Senate House was again put to the vote. The decision went against women and a crowd of male undergraduates marched to Newnham and grabbed a coal trolley which was used as “a battering-ram to smash down the Clough Memorial Gates”. In Quentin’s painting, the crowd races towards Pfeiffer Arch. Beyond the gates the Principal, Blanche Athena Clough, faces them – strong and brave but isolated. She is symbolic of Newnham’s determination to ensure that women would insist, quietly yet surely, on the right to be treated equally.
Measuring 140cms x 40cms, it can be worn in a variety of ways; as a stole, sash, belt, as a hair accessory or even tied to a bag, as well as around the neck. Why not treat yourself (or a friend)?
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