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Women's Suffrage

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WSPU poster by Hilda Dallas 1909 in the public domain

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The women who appear on this page were actively involved in the campaign for women's suffrage, either as suffragette's or suffragists.

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Here are some resources on this topic:

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Adams, Jad Women and the Vote: a World History Oxford University Press (2016)

Alberti, Johanna Beyond Suffrage: Feminists in War and Peace 1914-28 Macmillan (1989) 

Andrews, Maggie and Lomas, Janis 101 Things you Need to Know about Suffragettes The History Press (2018)

Brits, Elsabe Emily Hobhouse: Beloved Traitor Tafelberg (2016)

Crawford, Elizabeth The Women's Suffrage Movement: a reference guide 1866-1928 Routledge (2000)

Harrison, Brian Separate Spheres: The Opposition to Women’s Suffrage in Britain Routledge (2012)

Holton, Sandra Stanley Feminism and Democracy: women's suffrage and reform politics in Britain 1900-1918 Cambridge University Press (1986)

Holton, Sandra Stanley Quaker Women: personal life, memory and radicalism in the lives of women Friends 1780-1930 Routledge (2007)

Holton, Sandra Stanley Suffrage Days: stories from the women’s suffrage movement Routledge (2002)

King, Steven Women, Welfare and Local Politics, 1880-1920: ‘We Might be Trusted’ Sussex Academic Press (2006)

Kent, Susan Kingsley Sex and suffrage in Britain 1860-1914 Routledge (1990)

Law, Cheryl Suffrage and Power: the Women’s Movement 1918-1928 I.B.Tauris (1997)

Liddington, Jill Rebel Girls: their fight for the vote Virago (2006)

Liddington, Jill Vanishing for the Vote: Suffrage, Citizenship and the Battle for the Census Manchester University Press (2014)

Marlow, Joyce Suffragettes: The Fight for Votes for Women Virago (2015)

Pankhurst, E Sylvia The Suffragette Movement: An Intimate Account of Persons and Ideals Wharton Press (2010)

Pugh, Martin Women and the Women’s Movement in Britain 1914-1959 Marlowe & Co. (1995)

Robinson, Jane Hearts And Minds: the untold story of the great pilgrimage and how women won the vote Doubleday (2018)

Rosen, Andrew Rise up, women!: The Militant Campaign of the Women’s Social and Political Union, 1903-1914 (Routledge (2012)

Ryan, Louise and Ward, Margaret Irish Women and the Vote: Becoming Citizens Irish Academic Press (2007)

Watkins, Sarah-Beth Ireland’s Suffragettes The History Press (2014)

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Irish Studies: Suffrage Movement in Ireland

The National Archives Research Guide to Women’s Suffrage 

Crawford, Elizabeth No Vote No Census a National Archives Podcast 

Liddington, Jill Vanishing for the Vote: diverse suffragettes boycott the 1911 census a National Archives Podcast 

London School of Economics Women's Suffrage Collections

Mapping Women's Suffrage

Parliament UK: Women and the Vote 

100 Women: Suffragists or suffragettes - who won women the vote?

Woman and her Sphere: Suffrage Stories

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Helen Blankley, later Helen Dickenson 1890-? from Baguley, Cheshire - Women at Work, Women's Suffrage, Cheshire County Training College. 9 minute read

 

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