One hundred years ago two suffragettes unveiled banners for their cause at the top of London's Monument.
In 1918, following years of bitter struggle, some women finally gained the right to vote
I was recently asked by National Museums Scotland, Learning and Programmes team. Nicola, can I interest you in playing a feisty, bicycle riding suffragette for the National Museum of Scotland? Trying not to do cartwheels, punch the air and shout out “that’s the best job offer I have ever had,” I replied: Yes, I think … Continued
1907. England. Jean, a young and somewhat ignorant woman, is engaged to the politician Stonor, who is up for election for Cabinet Minister. At her aunt Lady John's house, she meets the beautiful and mysterious Miss Levering, an independent lady who has lived through a great deal in her past and is now fighting for women's rights. When Jean hears Miss Levering talk about the horrible situation of young, poor and homeless women in England, she is shocked. Slowly she gets interested in the suffragette's movement, something her fiance did not expect to be so strong. But then Jean learns that Stonor's annoyance about her involvment in the matter and her interest in Miss Levering has other reasons that dive into his past. | Author: Elizabeth Robins | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | Publication Date: May 31, 2017 | Number of Pages: 78 pages | Language: English | Binding: Paperback | ISBN-10: 1547043512 | ISBN-13: 9781547043514
From their exclusion of many women, to their militant actions, we take a closer look...
They've all been officially recognized on the English National Heritage List.
Two days late, BUT. I started AND finished A Mad, Wicked Folly this past Tuesday, which was Election Day here in the United States. I'm finding that as I get older—sooooo old, sooooo fast—stories about women's suffrage just GET ME. Like, hit me hard, in the heart and in the gut
There is no fiercer political weapon than laughter. Feminists have known that all along.
Badass feminists, past and present. Slightly NSFW.
Before Polaroids and Kodak colour, before we could snap a selfie and pass it through a colour filter with a click of a button, there was Vivex. If you’ve never heard of it, you’re not alone. The Vivex colour process was produced in just one British factory that shut down at the start of World…
At the start of the 1910s, things were going on much as before in the 1900s. Although King Edward VII died in 1910 and King George V took the throne (he
One hundred years ago today, Emily Wilding Davison walked onto the race course at the Epsom Derby and became a martyr to the suffragette cause. Dr Helen Pankhurst, the great granddaughter of suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst, explains why their work still isn't finished.
Badass feminists, past and present. Slightly NSFW.
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Here we are, another month gone. Is it me or does this year seem to be racing by? Anyway, it’s been a busy sewing month and I’ve been buying loads of new-to-me vintage patterns and beautiful lengths of fabric, including… Continue Reading →
The suffragette’s socialist ideals caused a rift with her mother and sister
A primary source activity from famous suffragette, Emmeline Pankhurst. This activity dives into one of her speeches in 1913 following one of her times in jail. In the speech, she tries to rationalize why men in the 20th century are so apprehensive to give women the right to vote. Students will read ...
demonstration of the suffragettes before the British Parliament in London: suffragettes speaks with Lloyd George- Published by 'Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung' 12/1906- 1910
Woo-hoo! Today the Saudi king announced that he was giving women the right to vote for the first time in the 2015 municipal elections.
Her argument – outrageous at the time – was that women were capable of reason, and deserved to have that recognised. Now it’s our turn to recognise her contribution to women’s rights
Sometimes we forget: Once upon a time, feminism wasn't just something we debated on Twitter using Beyoncé GIFs. In earlier struggles for equality, women got hurt and killed and even had their children taken away. Suffragette commemorates those battles, along with the British women who went on hunger strike and committed arson to bring attention to their cause: the right to vote. Glamour talked with costars Carey Mulligan and Helena Bonham Carter and director Sarah Gavron about why the world needs this movie now. GLAMOUR: It took six years to get this movie made. Why? SARAH GAVRON: There was so much material—but had we been ready with the script a few years earlier, we may not have gotten the financing. Now there's such an appetite for voices that challenge repression all over the world. GLAMOUR: Carey, your character, Maud, is a laundress and mother who joins the fight for women's rights. But at first she resists getting involved. CAREY MULLIGAN: She's a working-class woman, and it was so important to be respectable: a good wife, a good mother. SG: Working women had so much more to lose than their middle-class and upper-class counterparts. [Protesting] was considered more shameful for them.
Learn more about this incredible woman—still inspiring activists over 100 years later—with this paper doll of Susan B. Anthony for kids.
In the 1910s, a 30-women-strong group of jujitsu experts punched cops, broke windows, and burnt buildings, just to get the vote. And now you can read about their adventures in a new comic - and a movie starring Meryl Streep!
