This man legendarily coined the term “the customer is always right” while a partner at Marshall Field’s in Chicago before moving to the UK. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this American businessman whose namesake department store on Oxford Street in London became a hallmark of early 20th-century consumer culture.
ANSWER: Harry Gordon Selfridge
[10e] In a show of support for this cause, Selfridges hung purple, green, and white banners in its windows. Leaders of this movement like Christabel Pankhurst embraced fashion, insisting that its members “should not be dowdy.”
ANSWER: suffragettes [or women’s suffrage; accept equivalents like women getting the right to vote; prompt on suffrage; prompt on suffragists]
[10m] Selfridge’s other contributions to London included funding the restoration of the bells of St. Mary-le-Bow Church. This demonym is traditionally defined as people born within audible range of the Bow bells.
ANSWER: Cockney
<CJ, European History>