Women and Parliament

The Representation of the People Act, 1918: A radical reform measure

Emma Peplow

February 6, 2018

This is the second in our blog series, women and parliament in this, the centenary year of the Representation of…

Women and Parliament in the Fifteenth Century

Simon Payling

January 16, 2018

2018 is the centennial anniversary of the Representation of the People Act 1918 under the terms of which, for the…

Votes for Women and the Speaker’s Conference on Electoral Reform 1916-17

History of Parliament

January 18, 2017

January 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the Speaker’s Conference on Electoral Reform 1916-17, which first sat in October 1916…

The Eligibility of Constance Markievicz

History of Parliament

December 14, 2015

On 14th December 1918, Countess Constance Markievicz (1868-1927) became the first woman to be elected to the UK Parliament, but…

‘Horsham is Lady Irwin’s Borough’: the power of the 18th Century political widow

History of Parliament

April 29, 2015

We continue our series on election campaigning through the centuries today, with an example of the power aristocratic women could…

Eleanor de Montfort, countess of Leicester (b. c. 1215-d. c. 1275): A countess and a rebel

History of Parliament

April 7, 2015

Continuing our ongoing series celebrating the anniversaries of Magna Carta and Simon de Montfort’s Parliament, this week’s guest blogpost looks…

Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Alice Ferron, ‘The widow’s peak: early Stuart female voices of authority in Parliament.’

History of Parliament

December 2, 2014

Alice Ferron, a final year PhD student at University College, London reports back on her paper at the last ‘Parliaments,…

Nancy Astor: the first female MP in the House of Commons

Kathryn Rix

May 2, 2014

Dr Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of the Victorian Commons, discusses the political career of the first female MP to sit…

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…

Women and Parliament in the Fifteenth Century

Women in Democracy during the 1970s and 1980s

Emily Wilding Davison and women in Parliament

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