1215: Magna Carta passed, declaring the sovereign to be subject to the rule of law and documenting the liberties held by “free men,” this provided provided the foundation for individual rights. 1679: Habeas Corpus Act passed: granting rights...
On 16th August 1819 a meeting took place in Manchester which quickly became one of the most infamous in our history. Held as part of a campaign to give men the vote and reform...
Women have not, as a sex, or a class, the calmness of temperament or the balance of mind, nor have they the training, necessary to qualify them to exercise a weighty judgment in political affairs.
Women’s suffrage, the right of women to vote, was won 100 years ago through intellectual, political and violent struggle.
Just over a month after the Armistice with Germany ended the First World War, the United Kingdom was faced with a General Election. Not only was the timing of the election significant, but it...
Rosa May Billinghurst is one of these lesser known, but no less important, figures who campaigned under the ‘votes for women’ slogan.
We explore the story of suffrage campaigners from other racial backgrounds who stood alongside well-known white women and fought for our right to vote.
On Tuesday April 24th 2018 a statue of Suffrage Campaigner, Millicent Fawcett, was unveiled to the public in Parliament Square. Fawcett’s statue is the first female addition to the collection of statues in Parliament...
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