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UK Vote 100: Looking forward to the centenary of Equal Franchise in 2028 in the UK Parliament

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Parliamentary Archives, LCR/2/3

Bessie Le Cras – counting agent for Nancy Astor 

A guest post from UK Vote 100 volunteer Oonagh Gay to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the election of Nancy … More

astor, politics, women, women mps, women's suffrage

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

elections, politics, representation of the people act 1918, suffrage, women

Women and Wales: Achieving Political Power

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

equal pay, First World War, House of Lords, politics, suffragettes, wales, women, women mps
Honor Balfour and fellow panellists on 'It's My Opinion'. Reproduced with kind permission of the Radio Times.

Honor Balfour, Westminster and a Woman’s voice

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

equal pay, Parliament, politics, women, women mps
Norah Runge scrapbook. Parliamentary Archives, RUN/1

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

Conservative party, Parliament, politics, women, women mps
Norah Runge scrapbook. Parliamentary Archives, RUN/1

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

Conservative party, Parliament, politics, women, women mps
Norah Runge's election leaflet, 1931. Parliamentary Archives, RUN/1

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

Conservative party, elections, Parliament, politics, women, women mps
Jessie Stephen. Bundesarchiv Bild 102-09812. Creative Commons licence CC BY-SA 3.0

Suffragette and Activist Jessie Stephen: A Life Remembered by Jean Corston

We are delighted to post this piece by the Rt Hon the Baroness Corston, on her memories of the suffragette … More

Labour party, politics, suffrage, suffragettes, women
Thorley Smith

Wigan man stands for women!

We are very pleased to be able to publish this piece of ‘lost’ history which brings to light the Wigan … More

elections, politics, women's suffrage
Hannah Davies and Eleanor Rhode

‘Maiden Speeches’ – Finding Your Voice

Guest post by Eleanor Rhode Leading workshops is always fun, but we were particularly excited to be invited to take … More

politics, theatre, women, women mps

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