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
ZUM4918133: Tue 03, 1954 - EX-KING FARUK'S SILVER PLATE AUCITED.. TOILET SET INLAID WITH DIAMONDS..: Dealers from all over the world attended the auction of Ex-King Faruk's silver plate at the Koubbeh palace, recently.. Keystone Photo Shows: - A toilet set - valued at thousands of pounds - covered with diamonds - at the sale / Bridgeman Images