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  • Votes for Women: What are we celebrating?

    by Melanie Khuddro This week marks the centenary of the Representation of the People Act receiving Royal Assent; the week when women were first legally recognised to have voting rights in the UK. Countless flags, banners and badges adorned in… Continue reading

    Votes for Women: What are we celebrating?
  • 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

  • General election 2015: who and how many will vote?

    After what seems like an eternity, the end of the election campaign is finally in sight. The last of the leaders’ debates – a special Question Time in which David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg sought to defend their… Continue reading