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We have a fascinating series on women journalists in the Lady's Pictorial, contributed by Philip Jackson. The second series was published #OnThisDay 1893, and featured a portrait of the prolific journalist, and novelist too, Eliza Lynn-Linton victorianweb.org/periodicals/...
November 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
We have a fascinating series on women journalists in the Lady's Pictorial, contributed by Philip Jackson. The second series was published #OnThisDay 1893, and featured a portrait of the prolific journalist, and novelist too, Eliza Lynn-Linton victorianweb.org/periodicals/...
On the last day of the conference on #PrintNetworks hosted by the University of Birmingham, UK, my paper investigated the extent to which the educational network of Langham Place members came to shake the higher educational system in nineteenth-century Britain. Thought-provoking exchanges followed!
July 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
On the last day of the conference on #PrintNetworks hosted by the University of Birmingham, UK, my paper investigated the extent to which the educational network of Langham Place members came to shake the higher educational system in nineteenth-century Britain. Thought-provoking exchanges followed!
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We’re approaching the centenary of this monumental act in 2028. What would a meaningful anniversary look like to you? What should heritage organisations prioritise or showcase? We’d love to hear your thoughts. #EqualFranchise #PublicHistory #GenderHist
🗳️ #OTD 2 July 1928: The Equal Franchise Act received royal assent in the UK, granting all women over 21 the vote—regardless of property.
It gave women electoral equality with men, adding 5 million to the roll and making them the majority in the 1929 election. #VotesForWomen #Suffrage #GenderHist
It gave women electoral equality with men, adding 5 million to the roll and making them the majority in the 1929 election. #VotesForWomen #Suffrage #GenderHist
July 2, 2025 at 10:33 AM
We’re approaching the centenary of this monumental act in 2028. What would a meaningful anniversary look like to you? What should heritage organisations prioritise or showcase? We’d love to hear your thoughts. #EqualFranchise #PublicHistory #GenderHist
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“To wring the widow from her customed right”: the debate about the ‘widow franchise’ in nineteenth-century Britain
Our recent History of Parliament / University of East Anglia conference on ‘Politics before Democracy’ featured over 30 papers on topics ranging across the 18th and 19th centuries. Over the next fe…
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February 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
And this one: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2023/05/03/t...
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Not in this article, but we have plenty more on our site about women and the franchise, including this guest article from Sarah Richardson: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/t...
The Victorian female franchise
Welcome to the first of our guest blogs. On BBC Radio 4 tonight Dr Sarah Richardson presents a programme about the discovery of an early Victorian poll book listing women voters (click here to list…
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February 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Not in this article, but we have plenty more on our site about women and the franchise, including this guest article from Sarah Richardson: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/t...