By Oonagh Gay and Isobel White. Follows Norah Runge MP: An exceptional woman and Norah Runge: Becoming an MP, 1931-1932 Throughout a … More
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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
‘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
When meeting a new woman MP was no longer a rarity for us staff! Recollections of the impact of the May 1997 election
Guest post by Oonagh Gay On 1 May 1997 120 women MPs were elected; exactly double the number elected in … More
‘The lady Liberal agent’
‘The lady Liberal agent’: Bertha Fischer (1875-1920) and Ellen Pocock (1854-1943) Guest post by Kathryn Rix In July 1902 the … More
