Votes for Women 1866-1918: 100 blogs to the centenary of women winning the vote: Blog 20
1901 – by the turn of the century various women’s suffrage societies had been combined to form the National Union …
Tag Archives: Emmeline Pankhurst
British women won the vote Feb 6 1918: 100 blogs on Votes for Women – blog 19
1899/1901 – Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, now a widow, had to resign from her voluntary work on a Board of Guardians …
Women win the vote 1918 centenary. Blog 18 of 100 re 1866-1918 campaign
1898: One of women’s suffrage’s most important and ardent male supporters, Richard Pankhurst, died. He had been involved in winning …
Women Win Vote 1918 Centenary. 100 blogs of fight 1866-1918. Blog 11
1879: Richard Pankhurst, the radical lawyer who had earlier drafted an unsuccessful bill in favour of women’s suffrage, and who …
Votes for Women 1866-1918: 100 Blogs up to the centenary: Blog 6
1869 – Municipal Franchise Act is passed. Women ratepayers win the right to vote in local elections for municipal councils …
The fight for the vote for women 1866-1918: Blog 4 of 100
1867- a widowed Manchester shop owner, Lilly Maxwell, mistakenly appeared on the electoral register because she met the property value …
Were the Suffragettes Terrorists?
I was recently asked this question by a client. The simple answer is no. There were no deliberate attempts at …
New Suffragettes Walk
Much of the Suffragettes’ fight for “Votes for Women” took place in Central London. We show you where it all …
New Talented Women in the National Gallery ‘Walk’
With a high proportion of the portraits in he National Gallery being men, and most of the rest being women …
Centenary of Prime Minister Asquith accepting women’s right to vote
This is Asquith’s reply to the six woman deputation from the East London Federation of Suffragettes whom he agreed to …
