Suffrage movement
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The reinvention of the political wife in the age of suffrage
Ahead of next Tuesday’s hybrid Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Ellie Lowe of Selwyn College, Cambridge. On 13…
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Lady Frances Balfour: A Woman in Parliament before Enfranchisement
Ahead of next Tuesday’s Virtual IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Professor Susan Pedersen of Columbia University. On 24…
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Early women MPs: Margaret Wintringham and Parliament
In September 1921, Margaret Wintringham (1879-1955) was elected to the House of Commons as the first ever Liberal woman MP.…
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A night in Parliament: Militant Suffragettes and Parliament
We are delighted to post this guest blog in our Women and Parliament series from one of the public historians…
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Emily Wilding Davison and women in Parliament
Last week saw the centenary of the death of the suffragette Emily Wilding Davison (1872-1913), who died from her injuries…