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Parliament and Suffragettes
This lecture will examine the interaction of the UK women’s suffrage movement with Parliament, from the first petition presented to the House of Commons in 1832 to the achievement of equal franchise in 1928. It will consider how Parliament reacted to the lobbying and petitioning of the peaceful constitutional suffrage movement led by Millicent Fawcett, the direct actions of the militant suffragette organisations led by Emmeline Pankhurst and others, and the individual protests by Emily Wilding Davison. It will also consider the early women MPs from 1919, and how women came to enter the House of Lords in 1958. Find out more about Open Lectures at www.parliament.uk/open-lectures.
Mari Takayanagi is Senior Archivist at the Parliamentary Archives, responsible for day to day management of public services and outreach activities. She has a 1st class Honours degree in Modern History from the University of Oxford, an MA in Archives and Records Management from UCL, and in 2012 she was awarded a PhD in History by King’s College London. Her doctoral thesis was on ‘Parliament and Women c.1900-1945’, and it examine legislation affecting women’s lives and gender equality after the First World War, the role of women in Parliamentary Select and Standing Committees in the interwar period, and women staff in Parliament in the early 20th century.
Date: Tuesday 29 April 2014
Time: 18:00 – 19:30, followed by a drinks reception
Venue: Business School, Streatham Court, Lecture Theatre C, Rennes Drive, Exeter, EX4 4PU.
Register to attend by contacting Gemma Thomas at events@exeter.ac.uk or telephone 01392 722061.