Guest post by Professor Barbara Goff What can students of ancient Greece and Rome do to mark the centenary of … More
Category: House of Commons
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
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
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
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
A Peep Into the Future: Imagining the suffrage victory in 1910
Back in 1910, a woman imagined what winning the vote might look like. We’re very pleased to publish this guest … More
‘A Necessary Woman’ – bringing Emily Wilding Davison back to Parliament
Continuing our occasional series of guest posts on suffrage and the theatre, we’re delighted to publish this piece by Deborah … More
Women on the Walk
Guest post by Catherine Cartwright In 2014, with at least half an eye on the fact that it was soon … More
‘Shy Women Tories’ in the History of Suffrage and Beyond
Guest post by Dr Julie V. Gottlieb (University of Sheffield) It is truly remarkable how so many organisations, institutions, media … More
Happy Birthday Alice Hawkins – working class suffragette, equalities campaigner and activist
Statue of Alice Hawkins by Sean Hedges-Quinn, unveiling in Leicester, 4 February 2018 We were delighted to announce in February … More
