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The Significance of The First World War1 comment

sayingenough wrote 1 week ago: It all began in 1914 – one of the greatest wars in history, triggered off by a few angry peopl … more →

Tags: History, First World War, War

* Finally unveiled *7 comments

☂ encore petite ☂ wrote 2 weeks ago: In June 2008 my friend Anaïs & I decided to organize our own private Designers Sales. * Superven … more →

Tags: Blog Love, Holidays, I *love* my Friends, My Paris, other crafters' talents, supervente !, they impress me, Christmas, designers sale

Amelia Bloomer's Grave

trundlebedtales wrote 3 weeks ago: Road to Amelia Bloomer's Grave I picked up the habit in childhood of visiting famous people … more →

Tags: Iowa History, amelia bloomer, Famous Graves, Iowa Women, Women's rights

Quickpost - remembering the suffragettes

Sass wrote 3 weeks ago: Hope y’all had a good weekend and didn’t stuff your face too much with Halloween sweetie … more →

Tags: Feminism, BBC, Emmeline Pankhurst, right to vote, UK, Women

16 Year Old Weaver Arrested4 comments

Janet wrote 1 month ago: This morning, reading about the Suffragettes , I found the following information: In March 1907, a 1 … more →

Tags: Local History, Postcards, Social History, weaving

Sculpting The Nation

Nick wrote 1 month ago: From the brilliant superlambanana to the Magic Roundabout, Britain’s cities are stuffed with w … more →

Tags: Blog Exclusives, features, angel of the north, Antony Gormley, Britain, cardiff, city, Ebbsfleet, Edinburgh

American Women and Politics -- post 2008...14 comments

vbonnaire wrote 1 month ago: Any woman who wanted to see Hillary Clinton become the President might have had a suffragette as a r … more →

Tags: Americans, California Politics, Democrats, Election 2008, Feminism, Feminist Politics, scholars, second wave feminism, sisterhood

Electoral Reform - A Feminist Issue

maryhoneyballmep wrote 1 month ago: I have had a flurry of emails from fellow electoral reformers debating how to respond to Gordon Brow … more →

Tags: Labour Party, gordon brown, ALTERNATIVE VOTE SYSTEM, Electoral Reform, Nancy Platts, cath arakelian, Pankhursts, proportional representation, First Past The Post

Not So Old-Fashioned Security Measures1 comment

Imogen Gibbon wrote 1 month ago: On a return trip to Queen Street this week, to retrieve the inevitable forgotton piece of curatorial … more →

Tags: Portrait of the Nation, Archival Material, Board of Manufactures, Board of Trustees, John Miller Gray, Mary Queen of Scots, National Gallery (London)

Human Letters: The Post Office and women’s suffrage

postalheritage wrote 1 month ago: Earlier this year Dr Katherine Rake, Director of the Fawcett Society spoke at the BPMA about women’s … more →

Tags: Podcast, postal history, Talks, 10 Downing Street, British postal service, dr katherine rake, Equality, equality campaign, Fawcett Society

Nietzsche, Identity Politics & Post-Feminism

Jasper Gregory wrote 2 months ago: Nietzsche wrote A Genealogy Of Morality (GOM) in 1880, a very interesting time. The stranglehold tha … more →

Tags: Gender, Fashion and Society Essays, Video, Bismark, Christianity, Feminism, FOLSOMSTREETFAIR, geneologyofmorals, Germany, Identity/politics

History of Women in Australian Parliament

gee wrote 2 months ago: One of the most crucial steps in developing and getting knowledge is to know about the past, and all … more →

Tags: Introduction, amanda vanstone, edith cowan, Julia Gillard, Quentin Bryce, Vida Goldstein

Welcome

Linda Radfem wrote 2 months ago: Emmeline Pankhurst Emmeline Pankhurst … more →

Tags: Britain

89. Friday September 7th, 1984.3 comments

normanstrike wrote 2 months ago: I slept badly and was woken at 5am by those bloody church bells ringing like some giant alarm clock! … more →

Tags: Thatcher, Kath Strike, John Chapman, Kneel Kinnock, TUC Conference, Bob Robson, Prison football, Mrs Callan, Durham Area NUM Secretary

Let Women Vote!

fortworthfeminism wrote 3 months ago:      I am a day late but wanted to commemorate that yesterday,  August 26, is the anniversary of the … more →

Tags: Feminism, Legal system injustices, suffragette, women's voting, women's rights movement, Women's Voting Rights

89 years ago today...1 comment

Melissa wrote 3 months ago: …women got the right to vote when the 19th Amendment went into effect. Here are some suffraget … more →

Tags: activism, Fuck Yeah!, History, Women's Suffrage, 19th Amendment, Voting Rights

How Women Got the Right to Vote, Among Other Things

bookgoddess wrote 3 months ago: On this day in 1920, the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment gave female citizens of the United … more →

Tags: A Few Good Books on the Subject, Books, Reading, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Geoffrey C. Ward, Marge Piercy, Miriam Gurko, New York Times, Nineteenth Amendment

Voting

Mavis wrote 3 months ago: Today, 89 years ago, the 19th Amendment went into effect, and women won the right to vote. Photos fr … more →

Tags: History, feminisom, Women's rights, Commemorations, Civil Rights

The Ladies Gallery

Errant Aesthete wrote 3 months ago: “Situated in the House of Commons, the ladies gallery was a discreet and elite place for ladies–-the … more →

Tags: Poseurs & Pretentions, Political theatre, Idle Chatter, womensvote, houseofcommons


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