Lady Rhondda: the unknown suffragette whose efforts led to greater equality for women: A scale model of a statue dedicated to Lady Rhondda has been revealed by the sculptor, Jane Robbins. AV Morgan/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA The design for a statue of a leading suffragette has been unveiled in Newport, south Wales. Margaret Haig Thomas or …
A ‘stop Brexit’ sticker and suffragette colours: it’s really not clear what can get you kicked out of parliament: Shutterstock/John Gomez Around 1 million visitors enter the UK parliamentary estate in Westminster every year. They go through airport-style security, and hand over any “restricted items” before they enter. Many of these “restricted items” are fairly …
Sylvia Pankhurst: suffragette, socialist and scourge of the empire – a Africa interest event taking place on 2017-11-07 00:00:00 in United Kingdom From militant suffragette at the beginning of the 20th century to campaigner against colonialism in Africa after the Second World War, Sylvia Pankhurst dedicated her life to fighting oppression and injustice. Katherine Connelly …