Tag: Women’s history Records and researchNancy Astor: 100 years of women in ParliamentTuesday 14 January 20202019 marked the centenary of Nancy Astor’s entry into Parliament, leaving a fascinating legacy...Records and research100 years of women in the professions: The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919Monday 23 December 2019Last year we celebrated the centenary of the 1918 Representation of the People Act,...Records and researchDeceptive, deviant and dextrous: Your humble petitioners?Tuesday 10 December 2019What happened to petition fraudsters in the 19th century? Desperate women deserted by their...Archives and archivistsSuffragettes and the Black Friday protests: 18 November 1910Monday 18 November 2019The 18th of November 1910 is one of the iconic dates in the history...Records and researchMistaken identity: Elizabeth Burley and the Contagious Diseases ActsThursday 14 March 2019Let those who have never seen a ship of war, picture to themselves a...Records and researchLGBTQ+ history: Maud Allan and ‘unnatural practices among women’Thursday 14 February 2019It is safe to say that no lawsuit of modern times has attracted such...Records and research‘Plucky Pioneers’: the 1918 General ElectionFriday 21 December 2018On December 6 1918 the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) publication ‘The Common...Records and researchThe ‘Victory’ election: the 1918 General ElectionFriday 14 December 2018At The National Archives we have been proud to put women at the centre...Records and researchBook-women after the Great Fire of LondonWednesday 12 December 2018The disaster of the Great Fire of London was keenly felt by those who...Records and researchWomen’s place in ParliamentWednesday 21 November 2018Women’s participation in politics has been a hot topic this year: organisations across the...Records and researchThe 1913 Suffrage Pilgrimage: peaceful protest and local disorderThursday 15 November 2018On 26 July 1913 – in a year more often associated with Suffragette militancy and the...Records and researchSuffragette outrage and prayers at St Paul’sTuesday 21 August 2018Westminster Abbey. St Martin in the Fields. St George’s Hanover Square. St John the... « 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 8 »