Selina Cooper: The Story of a Working Class Suffragist

We are delighted to present this guest blog on Selina Cooper, a working class suffragist from Lancashire, who became an … More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Back in 1910, a woman imagined what winning the vote might look like. We’re very pleased to publish this guest … More