meanings of certain phrases
women selling The Suffragette at the street corners,or chalking up pavements with details of a forthcoming meeting.
what does "chalking up pavements" mean here?

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Question

meanings of certain phrases
women selling The Suffragette at the street corners,or chalking up pavements with details of a forthcoming meeting.
what does "chalking up pavements" mean here?

Thanks so much!

Answer

I assume it means that she was writing the details of the meeting on the pavement (footpath), or what Americans call a "sidewalk", in chalk.  These days she would send a Tweet or put it on Facebook!