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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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Ladies Allowed! How women were banned from Central Lobby, and re-admitted 100 years ago

Guest post by Robin Fell In February 1918, The Pall Mall Gazette prominently displayed an item under the headline, LADIES AND … More

Parliament, suffrage, suffragettes, women
Diane Atkinson Rise Up Women

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

suffrage, suffragettes, women, women's suffrage
Dr Claire Eustance with David Natzler

Suffragettes in Trousers

Guest post by Claire Eustance Earlier in 2017, I was delighted to accept an invitation from the Houses of Parliament … More

politics, suffrage, suffragettes
Grace Before Meat leaflet. Parliamentary Archives, HC/SA/SJ/10/12/46

‘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

Parliament, suffrage, suffragettes, women, women's suffrage

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

suffrage, suffragettes, vote, women

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

First World War, ladies' gallery, Parliament, suffrage, suffragettes, women, young women

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

house of commons, ladies' gallery, Parliament, representation of the people act 1918, suffrage

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

house of commons, Parliament, suffrage, theatre, women mps

‘The Burning Question’

One hundred years ago, votes for women gained support in Parliament thanks to Speaker James Lowther.  ‘I endeavoured to push … More

politics, suffrage, women, women's suffrage

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

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