Women – Citizens Project

Women at War: Mary Bankes and the Siege of Corfe Castle

‘… a respectable woman’s place was in the home. Unfortunately, though, it was rapidly becoming obvious that the home was not necessarily a more retired or safer place than the field of battle’[1] During the English Civil War, many women were left at home whilst their husbands fought for either the Crown or Parliament. However, … Read more

Jayaben Desai – Protester and Trade Unionist

Jayaben Desai, living a quiet life in Willesden in the 1970s, would not have been tipped by many at the time as an influential political activist and defender of rights. And yet, circumstances, together with her sense of justice and her determination to see justice done, took her into national and international headlines as one … Read more