Suffragettes in trousers
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Representation of the People Act, which, amongst other changes, granted the vote to some women in the UK for the first time. Although this was only for wom ...
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Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette and Artist
Sylvia Pankhurst was the second daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst, the leader of the Women’s Social and Political Union, and was a prominent Suffragette, and later an anti-fascist campaigner. What is per ...
The women who have shaped London
Did you know that it was only last year, in 2017, that a woman was appointed as Metropolitan Police Commissioner? Cressida Dick is the first woman to take charge of the service and took office on 10 A ...
Had you been living in 1913 do you think you would have wanted women to have the vote?
Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVDs SUFFRAGETTE (Pathe). The climax is a reconstruction of the 1913 Derby when Emily Davison stepped in front of King George V’s horse. The film, however concentrate ...