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

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

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

Guest post by Professor Barbara Goff What can students of ancient Greece and Rome do to mark the centenary of … More

By Oonagh Gay and Isobel White. Follows Norah Runge MP: An exceptional woman and Norah Runge: Becoming an MP, 1931-1932 Throughout a … More

By Oonagh Gay and Isobel White. Follows Norah Runge MP: An exceptional woman Norah Runge became the Conservative MP for Rotherhithe … More

Today is the birthday of Norah Runge (27 September 1884 – 6 June 1978), an unsung interwar woman MP. To mark … More

Continuing our occasional series of guest posts on suffrage and the theatre, we’re delighted to publish this piece by Deborah … More

Guest post by Catherine Cartwright In 2014, with at least half an eye on the fact that it was soon … More

Guest post by Dr Julie V. Gottlieb (University of Sheffield) It is truly remarkable how so many organisations, institutions, media … More