Today is the 100th Anniversary of the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act, November 1918 which allowed women to stand as Members of Parliament. For more… Read More »Centenary of the Qualification of Women Act
1918 was an important year for women’s suffrage. Some women were entitled to vote for the first time, and did so in the General Election… Read More »Votes for Women 2018: Part V – Equal vote
Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) and her daughters Sylvia and Christabel, were committed members of the suffrage movement. Emmeline was on the executive committee of the Manchester… Read More »Votes for Women 2018: Part IV – The suffragettes
Yesterday, we looked at Dame Millicent Fawcett who was the president of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) from 1897. After the failure… Read More »Votes for Women 2018: Part III – The suffragists and anti-suffragists
Today marks the 100th Anniversary of the Representation of the People Act 1918 which extended the vote to some women over the age of 30… Read More »Votes for Women 2018: Part II – St Andrews campaigners
2018 is an important year for the commemoration of the struggle for women’s suffrage. A number of anniversaries of key events in the history of… Read More »Votes for Women 2018: Part I – Background to the Women’s Movement
