By Oonagh Gay and Isobel White. Follows Norah Runge MP: An exceptional woman Norah Runge became the Conservative MP for Rotherhithe…
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…
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…
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…
Voice and Vote: Celebrating 100 Years of Votes for Women – a guidebook — The History of Parliament
Dr Paul Seaward is one of the editors of the “Voice & Vote guidebook” to accompany the UK Parliament Vote…
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…
‘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…
Women on the Walk
Guest post by Catherine Cartwright In 2014, with at least half an eye on the fact that it was soon…
‘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…
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…
