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...What is a Pink Tea?Historically, gatherings known as “pink teas” were occasions for women to organize and strategize in their pursuit of women’s rights. These gatherings were often executed in ultra-feminine guise which hid behind such established female frivolities as frilly decorations, pink doilies and rose-coloured tea. Men who thought these teas too feminine to attend generally avoided these gatherings.
A pink tea offered the disguise of a frivolous social affair but in reality it was an occasion to accommodate women whose disapproving husbands relatives or peers did not want them engaging in politics. When women were campaigning for the right to vote in the early 1900s their suffrage meetings were frequently disrupted by angry opponents. Many women were forbidden by their husbands and fathers to attend these meetings and others simply did not have the confidence to do so because of the strong chaotic opposition. |
