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UK Vote 100: Looking forward to the centenary of Equal Franchise in 2028 in the UK Parliament

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Making a stand: Women candidates at the 1918 General Election

The centenary of the 1918 general election in December 2018 was marked by some new research into the seventeen women … More

elections, politics, representation of the people act 1918, suffrage, women

Women and Wales: Achieving Political Power

Our first post of 2019 is a guest post by Oonagh Gay, UK Vote 100 volunteer Inspirational women of Wales … More

equal pay, First World War, House of Lords, politics, suffragettes, wales, women, women mps
Honor Balfour and fellow panellists on 'It's My Opinion'. Reproduced with kind permission of the Radio Times.

Honor Balfour, Westminster and a Woman’s voice

Guest post by Helen Langley One of the many highlights of the ‘Voice and Vote’ exhibition was the recreation of … More

equal pay, Parliament, politics, women, women mps

Ancient Suffragettes?

Guest post by Professor Barbara Goff What can students of ancient Greece and Rome do to mark the centenary of … More

suffrage, suffragettes, women, women's suffrage

“I am here today under the auspices of the Women’s Freedom League”

A Vote100 blog by Bernadette Cahill I traveled specially to Britain in February 2018 to help commemorate the hundred years … More

Norah Runge scrapbook. Parliamentary Archives, RUN/1

Norah Runge: Rotherhithe, national politics and family crises, 1933 -1935

By Oonagh Gay and Isobel White. Follows Norah Runge MP: An exceptional woman and Norah Runge: Becoming an MP, 1931-1932 Throughout a … More

Conservative party, Parliament, politics, women, women mps
Norah Runge scrapbook. Parliamentary Archives, RUN/1

Norah Runge: Becoming an MP, 1931-1932

By Oonagh Gay and Isobel White. Follows Norah Runge MP: An exceptional woman Norah Runge became the Conservative MP for Rotherhithe … More

Conservative party, Parliament, politics, women, women mps
Norah Runge's election leaflet, 1931. Parliamentary Archives, RUN/1

Norah Runge MP: An exceptional woman

Today is the birthday of Norah Runge (27 September 1884 – 6 June 1978), an unsung interwar woman MP. To mark … More

Conservative party, elections, Parliament, politics, women, women mps

The Irish Votes for Women Movement and the tricky relationship with British Suffragists

Today a picture of the first woman elected to the House of Commons, Constance Markievicz, was gifted to the UK … More

Ireland, suffrage, women mps

Women Petitioners and The Parlament of Women — The History of Parliament

As part of our Women and Parliament blog series to mark the centenary of the first women gaining the vote … More

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