Women and Parliament

Women in Democracy during the 1970s and 1980s

Emma Peplow

November 22, 2013

Over the past few days Parliament Week has been in full swing and events have taken place around the country…
The History of Parliament Annual Lecture 2013 – Baroness Patricia Hollis ‘The Hopes of the Suffragettes: were they realised?’

Emma Peplow

November 15, 2013

Today marks the start of Parliament week, the annual programme of events to inspire, engage and connect people with parliamentary…
Emily Wilding Davison and women in Parliament

Kathryn Rix

June 13, 2013

Last week saw the centenary of the death of the suffragette Emily Wilding Davison (1872-1913), who died from her injuries…
Women at the Polls in the Seventeenth Century

larminiev

February 12, 2013

As BBC Radio Four’s Woman’s Hour reveal their ‘Power List’ this morning, Dr Vivienne Larminie shares her recent discovery of…