ZUM4917693: Tue. 03, 1954 - Cairo Women persist in their fast Egyptian suffregettes: Dr. Doria Shafik (38) and her twenty companions are persisting in their fast in an effort to pursue the authorities to allow women to vote for the Constiuent Assembly of the new Egypt. President Neguib sent his legal adviser Dr. Hafez to beg the women to end their fast in the hope that the Constituent Assembly, even if elected only by men, would confer electoral rights on women. The plea was in vain Among many telegrams received by the Egyptian Suffragettes was one from Dr. Edith Summerskill the British Socialist M.P. for Fulham West in which Dr. Summerskill said” Many British women watch with sympathy your courageous efforts to secure democratic rights / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4917833: Tue 03, 1954 - IRANIAN AMBASSADOR HOWS A PARTY TO Celebrate” FIRST DAY OF SPRING”.. Mr. ALI SOHEILY the Iranian Ambassador to London, and his wife, last evening held a party to celebrate the” First Day of Spring”.. The Spring Festival is a traditional holiday in Persia and it lasts nearly two weeks. KEYSTONE PHOTO SHOWS: - The Persian Ambassador MR. ALI SOHEILY lights a cigarette for Mrs. JALILA KHOSROVANI during the party / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4912963: Feb. 02, 1954 - Friends of Beats: Oleo, a cabaret singer, and Doctor Mery, founder of the” Friends of the Beasts” association prove that they are not afraid of wild beasts. The presence of the tamer is, of course, a reassuring guarantee. Picture taken at the Paris winter circus where the members of the new society came to celebrate its foundation / Bridgeman Images