Tag Archives: Parliament

Battleaxes and Benchwarmers’ Trip to Parliament

Posted on March 22, 2019 by readinghistory

By Beckie White, 3rd Year Archaeology & History student On Tuesday 12th March 2019, a group of final year History students at the University of Reading took a trip to Parliament. This trip was undertaken by students enrolled on the … Continue reading →

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So that was International Women’s Day…

Posted on March 9, 2017 by readinghistory

by Dr Jacqui Turner So yesterday was International Women’s Day and women were everywhere – literally we were all over the place, in the media, online, on TV and crowded around both front benches in the House of Commons as, … Continue reading →

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Suffragette … but what happened next?

Posted on October 10, 2015 by readinghistory

By Dr Jacqui Turner     With the release of the Suffragette film this month there has been an explosion of interest in women’s suffrage movements, especially in militant suffrage and the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU). However consideration … Continue reading →

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“I will miss the House; the House won’t miss me.”* The resignation of Nancy Astor MP (1919-1945)

Posted on July 5, 2015 by readinghistory

By Shira Kilgallon, Lauren Rhydderch and Jacqui Turner     In July 1945 Nancy Astor left parliament under a cloud of personal and professional regret. Her exit was fraught, blighted the remainder of her life and her relationship with her … Continue reading →

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