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year is over but I'm gonna 'proceed till apprehended'.
There are vital women's stories from every part of our history, not just 1900-1918. Let's hear them! There's so much appetite for it out there.

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2018-12-17

Proposed advert for Bovril, featuring Suffragettes!

“Bovril for Strength. Before taking Bovril I was easily arrested by one policeman, but since taking it, six, at least…” 💪

From collections. Reference: COPY 1/264

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2018-10-01

Small and large grants available for local and community groups celebrating the centenary of some women gaining the right to vote: https://t.co/7rOjtdpqXF

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2018-02-28

May we continue to be bold, be brave and rise to the occasion

Share stereo photos to mark the centenary of women voting in the UK

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2018-02-07

It's been since women were given the right to vote! These designs sum up our feelings pretty well, you can pick them up via our website!

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2018-02-07

Today we have been thinking about Nellie Hall, the famous Birmingham suffragette. You can some of belongings in our history galleries

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2018-02-06

One hundred years today since those tremendous and badass women won us the right to vote in the UK! Thank you 💚💜

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2018-02-06

Sparky school teacher born and raised in New

Born 1877
Died 1951 aged 73

Seen here being released from Holloway prison in 1908

Hard to imagine how tough it was for the in those days

Both men and woman of Swindon salute you Edith

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2018-02-06

It's been 100 years since some women finally won the right to vote, paving the way for change. What better way for us to celebrate, than by re-reading Opal Plumstead (and eating lots of sweets!) 💜💚

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2018-02-06

'What have women to do in society? They might study politics' - 1792.

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2018-02-06

Have you seen the programme, celebrating the working lives of women during We have some fascinating images in our collection of women at work during the First World War

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2018-02-06

To mark 100 years of women's suffrage, we asked the team to tell us which women have inspired them them. Who inspires you? https://t.co/Tu5UHiyNlU

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2018-02-06

1918 The Representation of the People Act passed by British Parliament received the Royal Assent, granting the vote to women over 30 who owned property, thereby extending the vote to 8.4 million women

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2018-02-06

Today we celebrate 100 years since the Representation of the People Act 1918 which gave women over 30 who owned property the right to vote (it also gave men over 21 the right to vote with no property restrictions).

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2018-02-06

100 years ago today, some women got the right to vote. It wasn't about power over men, it was about equality. It still is. We have a long way to go to achieve true equality but there's some fantastic women and men supporting this agenda.

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2018-02-06

"Our weapon is public opinion": posters of the women's suffrage movement https://t.co/c58yQplIRx

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2018-02-02

‘A Lab of One’s Own: Science and Suffrage in the First World War by Patricia Fara from How gave the opportunity to prove their worth in and https://t.co/8GJbHx22Pb

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2018-01-13