Leeds City Museum

Visiting Leeds City Museum provided some extra information on public spaces of Leeds.

The museum's acknowledgment of the canal as a contributor to the city's development agrees with the initial research done on the River Aire. The poster could be a celebration of the river's connection to the wider world in its significance to Leeds's development.

Shopping is a lucrative business in Leeds with many of the high street providing consumers with a wide range of modern day brands that is unlike the towns that surround it. The newly built John lewis building is impressive and symbolises the drive for modernity in Leeds and its efforts to provide attractive shopping options. The most characteristic of the shopping areas however are the Arcades that line Brigatte street. They offer a different shopping experience through their interiors that are ornamental, glitzy and upscale that is similar to the Burlington Arcade in London.

Leonora Cohen is Leeds most famous suffragette who fiercely campaign for the betterment of women's working conditions in the UK. She gained notoriety when in 1913, in order to publicise her cause she attempted to break the glass showcase in the Jewel House of the Tower of London containing insignia of the Order of Merit. A note wrapped around the iron bar she used read "This is my protest against the Governments treachery to the working women of Great Britain." On 28th July 1908, the Women's Social & Political Union's Procession to Woodhouse Moor held a huge rally where thousands had marched from the Town Hall. Bands played on Woodhouse Moor where thousands of people, both men and women, had gathered to listen to the various speakers from the 10 platforms. One of the most famous of the suffragettes to address the crowds was Adela Pankhurst, daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst and sister of Sylvia and Christabel, all leaders of the British Suffrage movement. They famously went on hunger strike while serving prison sentences. The day on Woodhouse Moor was a great success with a resolution put advocating 'Votes for Women'.

The poster could therefore be a celebration of woodhouse moor providing a catalyst for the women's rights movement which is still a international concern today.