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So that was International Women’s Day…
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
Posted in British History, Cultural History, In the Media, Intellectual History, International History, News
Tagged House of Commons, International Women's Day 2017, international womens' day, IWD, IWD 2017, observations, Parliament, politics, University of Reading, Westminster, Women history, women in history, women in politics, women's history, women's history month, Womenshistory
Suffragette … but what happened next?
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
Posted in British History, In the Media
Tagged Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, House of Commons, Meryl Streep, Parliament, rebels, Suffragette, vote, voters, voting act, voting rights, Westminster
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“I will miss the House; the House won’t miss me.”* The resignation of Nancy Astor MP (1919-1945)
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
Posted in Anniversaries, British History
Tagged gender history, Nancy Astor, Parliament, Women history
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