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Suffragettes on their way to Women's Sunday, 21st June 1908. Crowds line the street as the suffragettes parade past, holding banners. Two banners can be seen representing the women's movement in Islington. They had no local WSPU branch, therefore joined the Euston Road contingent, and became one of seven contingents that marched on Hyde Park that day. They were accompanied by bands playing marching music and suffragette songs. This was the first major, country-wide demonstration for women’s suffrage. Trains brought women from all over the country to join in. Speeches were made by the Pankhursts and other suffragettes. Between 200,000 and 300,000 people gathered in Hyde Park, making it one of the largest single demonstrations ever up to that time.