Women's suffrage
Beverley Knight: ‘Prince encouraged me to be bold’
The singer and musical star on her role as suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst in a hip-hop stage show, her contempt for the home secretary and her ambition to play Aretha Franklin
Kate Kellaway
19, Feb, 2023 @9:30 AM
The Guardian view on Afghanistan’s suffering: the war against women | Editorial
Editorial: Families are in desperate straits, the security situation is worsening – but the Taliban’s priority is punishing half the population
Editorial
02, Jan, 2023 @6:30 PM
Let’s sing the praises of Sylvia Pankhurst – and honour her with a statue | Letter
Letter: Philippa Clark on the musical about the socialist campaigner and the campaign for a statue of her
Letters
10, Oct, 2022 @4:42 PM
Anti-empire, anti-fascist, pro-suffragist: the stunning secret life of Proms staple Jerusalem
Why is Jerusalem lumped in with the jingoism of Last Night of the Proms? William Blake wrote a heretical, anti-establishment anthem that was later gifted to the suffragists and used to rouse fighters in the Spanish civil war
Jason Whittaker
05, Sep, 2022 @4:00 PM
Famous rallying speech by feminist leader Millicent Fawcett was never made, says new book
Her quote ‘Courage calls to courage everywhere’ has been taken out of context, claims professor
Donna Ferguson
15, May, 2022 @9:00 AM
From Michael Foot’s ‘donkey jacket’ to Barnard Castle beer … inside the People’s History Museum
The Manchester museum owns 60,000 objects tracing Britain’s political history, including a pike from Peterloo and Andy Burnham’s jacket. Now it’s up for a £100,000 prize
Helen Pidd North of England editor
10, May, 2022 @2:48 PM
How can women get equality? Strike!
The domestic burden – heavier in lockdown – falls mainly on female shoulders, yet Iceland’s housewives showed change is possible
Sally Howard
14, Mar, 2021 @9:10 AM
From the archive, 1971: Swiss women get the vote
Fifty years ago, women in Switzerland gained the right to vote in federal elections and stand for parliament, after a national referendum
compiled by Richard Nelsson
10, Feb, 2021 @10:59 AM
Proms changes replace jingoism with hope | Letters
Letters: Readers air their views in the debate over the traditional flag-waving anthems Rule, Britannia! and Land of Hope and Glory
Letters
31, Aug, 2020 @4:16 PM
From the archive: the truth about the suffragettes, revealed in 1977
Half a century after women over 21 got the vote, Jill Craigie argued that the movement had been maligned and misunderstood by male historians. By Chris Hall
Chris Hall
07, Jun, 2020 @5:00 AM
Portrait of studious woman revealed to be of Millicent Fawcett
Painting of suffragist working at her desk was misidentified as Royal Holloway ex-principal
Mark Brown Arts correspondent
13, May, 2020 @1:29 PM
In 1970, driven by chaos and energy, we felt like pioneers in female protest | Sheila Rowbotham
Fifty years since the start of the Women’s Liberation Movement, one of its founders reflects on its progress
Sheila Rowbotham
23, Feb, 2020 @7:30 AM
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