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100 years ago – first woman MP takes her seat

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Joy Bounds — No Comments ↓

100 years ago, on 1st December 1919, the first woman MP took her seat in Parliament. Nancy Astor, Conservative, was voted in at a by-election in November. It was only a year since some women had been allowed to vote…

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Finally here: the first general election in which women could vote – December 1918.

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Joy Bounds — No Comments ↓

The first general election in which some women could vote was called for 14th December 1918. Remember that although all men over 21 could now vote, only women over 30 who were householders or married to householders could vote. Other…

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1918 – could you become an MP (if you were a woman)?

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Joy Bounds — No Comments ↓

Having celebrated the passing of the Representation of the People Act (1918), which gave the vote for the first time to women over 30 who were householders of married to householders, ambitious women began to wonder if they might be…

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1918 – would you be able to vote – or wouldn’t you?

Posted on June 17, 2018 by Joy Bounds — No Comments ↓

After the Representation of the People Act was passed in February 1918 giving the first women the vote (as well as all men), the British bureaucratic machine went into action to implement its provisions, despite the country still fighting a…

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Votes for Women – at last

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Joy Bounds — No Comments ↓

This year, 2018, marks the centenary of the first time that women were able to vote in a British General Election. For women over the age of 30, who were householders or married to householders, the long fight to have…

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ELIZABETH GARRETT ANDERSON – a remarkable woman

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Joy Bounds — No Comments ↓

The centenary of the death of Suffolk’s Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) is celebrated this year. She was a remarkable woman – most notably she became the first woman doctor to practice medicine in this country – and was a pioneer…

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Lilian Cranfield – one of Ipswich’s Ridley suffragette sisters

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Joy Bounds — No Comments ↓

Lilian was one of four Ridley sisters and, together with two of her older sisters, Ada and Bessie, was a supporter of the campaign for Votes for Women (see Blog Ada Ridley – Suffragette Artist for more information about the…

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Suffrage Stories – highlights 2015

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Joy Bounds — No Comments ↓

The story of the fight for Votes for Women reaches an ever-wider audience. To coincide with the opening of the film Suffragette, the Houses of Parliament put on some special events, including a tour and talk on the main suffragette activity within…

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The Ipswich suffragettes and the cab driver

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Joy Bounds — 2 Comments ↓

When Constance Andrews was released from Ipswich prison in May 1911 after a protest connected to the Votes for Women campaign, she was driven through the streets of Ipswich in an open cab. In this iconic photograph of the event,…

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Ada Ridley – suffragette artist

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Joy Bounds — No Comments ↓

Ada Ridley is mentioned in my book, A Song of their Own, but since completing the book I’ve become aware of other interesting aspects of her life. Ada was born in the 1860s, the second oldest of 4 sisters –…

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  • 100 years ago – first woman MP takes her seat
  • Finally here: the first general election in which women could vote – December 1918.
  • 1918 – could you become an MP (if you were a woman)?
  • 1918 – would you be able to vote – or wouldn’t you?
  • Votes for Women – at last
  • ELIZABETH GARRETT ANDERSON – a remarkable woman
  • Lilian Cranfield – one of Ipswich’s Ridley suffragette sisters
  • Suffrage Stories – highlights 2015
  • The Ipswich suffragettes and the cab driver
  • Ada Ridley – suffragette artist
  • 5 more reasons to love the Ipswich suffragettes
  • Lots of reasons to love the Ipswich suffragettes
  • Hortense Lane – Ipswich suffragette with a sad story
  • Hilda Burkett – suffragette force-fed to the end
  • Ipswich suffragettes and the arts

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