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Selina Cooper: The Story of a Working Class Suffragist

March 19, 2019March 31, 2019 ukvote100

We are delighted to present this guest blog on Selina Cooper, a working class suffragist from Lancashire, who became an influential speaker and organiser for the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies in the years before the First World War. … Continue reading Selina Cooper: The Story of a Working Class Suffragist

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Women Demand Equal Pay!

November 9, 2017November 10, 2017 ukvote100

Guest post by the Hansard Writing Team On 9 March 1954, four MPs put aside party political differences to present an 80,000-signature petition to Parliament demanding equal pay. Ulster Unionist Patricia Ford, Conservative Irene Ward and Labour MPs Edith Summerskill … Continue reading Women Demand Equal Pay!

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Selina Cooper: The Story of a Working Class Suffragist

Women Demand Equal Pay!