Guest post by Robin Fell In February 1918, The Pall Mall Gazette prominently displayed an item under the headline, LADIES AND … More
Tag: suffrage
Exclusive! Extracts from ‘Rise Up, Women!’ by Diane Atkinson
Here at Vote 100 we’re really looking forward to all the great new books on women’s suffrage which are coming … More
Suffragettes in Trousers
Guest post by Claire Eustance Earlier in 2017, I was delighted to accept an invitation from the Houses of Parliament … More
‘How Long Will It Go On?’ – Sylvia Pankhurst and the Hunger Strike
Guest post by Chloe Bowerbank During my work as an intern for the Citizens project, working with the Vote 100 … More
Marion Wallace-Dunlop: The First suffragette Hunger Striker
Guest post by Robin Fell All Marion Wallace-Dunlop wanted to do was ‘Petition the King’; and who knows, if she … More
A Rebel’s History of Parliament
Vote 100 was thrilled recently to exclusively reveal the cover design for Sally Nicholls upcoming book about young suffrage campaigners, Things … More
GONE GRILLE: The removal of the Ladies’ Gallery Grilles
‘The heavy brass trellis which then screened off these galleries, and their bad ventilation, made them quite unnecessarily tiring and … More
Rebels and Friends, Constance Markievicz and Eva Gore-Booth
Guest post by Jacqueline Mulhallen Rebels and Friends – a play about Constance Markievicz and Eva Gore-Booth, written by Jacqueline Mulhallen, directed … More
‘The Burning Question’
One hundred years ago, votes for women gained support in Parliament thanks to Speaker James Lowther. ‘I endeavoured to push … More
Exclusive: ‘Suffragette’ film review
Mari Takayanagi, joint project manager and co-curator for Vote 100, saw an advance screening of ‘Suffragette’ and reviews it exclusively … More