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
‘A Necessary Woman’ – bringing Emily Wilding Davison back to Parliament
Continuing our occasional series of guest posts on suffrage and the theatre, we’re delighted to publish this piece by Deborah … More
Women on the Walk
Guest post by Catherine Cartwright In 2014, with at least half an eye on the fact that it was soon … 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
Happy Birthday Alice Hawkins – working class suffragette, equalities campaigner and activist
Statue of Alice Hawkins by Sean Hedges-Quinn, unveiling in Leicester, 4 February 2018 We were delighted to announce in February … More
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
Domestic Servant raids Parliament: The Case of Charlotte Griffiths – Suffragette and Working Woman
In February 1908, the ‘Pantechnicon Raid’ took place on the Houses of Parliament, when suffragettes were delivered to the front … More
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
