In this post Abbie Evans interviews Kathy Atherton, a local historian and Exhibitions Team leader at Dorking Museum, and Royal Holloway PhD researcher, Katie Broomfield, about the Citizens project upcoming short film on the Pethick Lawrences and Women’s Suffrage. Abbie: Kathy, can you start by telling our readers about Dorking Museum? Kathy: Of course, Dorking … Read more
Women’s Pioneer Housing is a unique partner of the Citizens project. Set up by women suffragists and suffragettes nearly 100 years ago, it became London’s first post-war housing service for single working women and today it continues to defend its original purpose: to cater for ‘professional and other women of moderate means who require individual … Read more
February 2018 marks the centenary of the Representation of the People Act, the Act which extended the franchise to (some) women for the first time. Commemorative plans for the centenary are well underway and there is no doubt that this momentous point in British history will get the attention it deserves. However, even at this … Read more
Visitors to our Festival of History back in June may remember having witnessed a suffragette martial arts class. Entitled Jam, Jerusalem & Jui-Jitsu, these demonstrations gave members of the public an insight into one of the many tactics employed by the WSPU as part of their campaign to win the vote. Viewed traditionally as the … Read more
