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Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
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politics | Eleanor Rathbone | She remained a staunch feminist and patriot. As she had recognized two decades earlier, times of war did allow for social change and improvement, despite the extensive, brutal devastation of armed conflict. On 20 March... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Elizabeth Richardson | Elizabeth, Lady Ashburnham
, became (at St Giles in the Fields in London) the second wife of Sir Thomas Richardson
, then Speaker of the House of Commons
and Chief Justice. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. under Thomas Richardson |
politics | Gladys Henrietta Schütze | GHS
's first suffrage meeting, in fact, became a deputation heading for the House of Commons
, where it was met by violence. She dreamed about the event that night and joined the WSPU next... |
politics | Evelyn Sharp | ES
spent a night in a police-station cell en route for another sojourn in Holloway
, having been arrested along with Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence
and Lady Sybil Smith
outside the House of Commons
. Sharp, Evelyn. Unfinished Adventure. John Lane, Bodley Head. 144-5 |
Occupation | Freya Stark | FS
was sent to the United States to defend publicly the White Paper of 1939 in which the British government recommended a limitation on the number of Jews permitted to immigrate to Palestine. Some... |
Travel | Freya Stark | While FS
's lecture tour of the USA on behalf of the British government sparked policy debates in the House of Commons
, the American press was fascinated by the female Lawrence
of Arabia. Geniesse, Jane Fletcher. Passionate Nomad. Random House. 312 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Stockdale | MS
's father, John Stockdale
, having been acquitted for publishing a libel (attacking the House of Commons
over Warren Hastings
), himself printed The Whole Proceedings on the Trial . . . against John Stockdale. Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall. 70 (1790): 582 |
politics | Mary Stott | MS
attended the House of Commons
to hear the abortive attempt to get a second reading of the Anti-Discrimination Bill. Stott, Mary. Forgetting’s No Excuse. Faber and Faber. 130 |
politics | Ray Strachey | RS
volunteered as parliamentary secretary and advisor to Lady Astor
, the first woman Member of Parliament to sit in the House of Commons
. Lady Astor was elected on 1 December 1919. Strachey, Barbara. Remarkable Relations: The Story of the Pearsall Smith Women. Universe Books. 287 |
Textual Features | Helen Taylor | The essay considers the suffrage petition presented by Mill
in 1866 to the House of Commons
. While examining the petition, HT
gives particular attention to the English constitution and laws that allow women to... |
Textual Features | Katherine Cecil Thurston | The novel explores a theme central to KCT
's work: that of hidden or reinvented identity, or the hero masquerading as someone he is not. In this plot-driven melodrama with elements of sensationalism, John Loder... |
Textual Production | Melesina Trench | It appears from the only two extant library listings of this tract or broadside (in the New York Public Library
and the University of Texas at Austin
) that the title was added in Trench's... |
politics | Flora Tristan | With the help of a Turkish diplomat she met while in London, FT
attended sessions in the British House of Commons
and House of Lords
disguised as a Turkish gentleman. Tristan, Flora. Flora Tristan’s London Journal, 1840. Translators Palmer, Dennis and Giselle Pincetl, Charles River Books. 55 |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Flora Tristan | According to critic Susan Grogan
, the book defies generic classification, blending elements of the political tract, the novel, and the statistical enquiry into social conditions. Grogan, Susan. Flora Tristan: Life Stories. Routledge. 71 |
Travel | Katharine Tynan | During her trip she frequented the House of Commons
where, in the Ladies' Gallery, she listened to parliamentary debates. Tynan, Katharine. Twenty-Five Years: Reminiscences. Smith, Elder. 136 |
Timeline
19 May 1920: The House of Commons passed a resolution...
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19 May 1920
The House of Commons
passed a resolution stating that women should have equal access to employment and receive equal pay.
January 1924: Women Members of Parliament stopped wearing...
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January 1924
Women Members of Parliament stopped wearing hats in the House of Commons
. Nancy Astor
's hats had garnered more attention than her politics during her first years in the House.
July 1928: Jennie Lee, a Scottish coalminer's daughter,...
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July 1928
Jennie Lee
, a Scottish coalminer's daughter, was selected as Labour
candidate for the constituency of Lanarkshire; she was elected to the House of Commons
as its youngest member in a by-election in February...
December 1929: The Duchess of Atholl spoke in the House...
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December 1929
The Duchess of Atholl
spoke in the House of Commons
on the issue of female circumcision or genital mutilation among the Kikuyu people of Kenya.
27 October 1931: Irene Ward (later Dame Irene) was elected...
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27 October 1931
Irene Ward
(later Dame Irene) was elected for the Conservatives
to the British Parliament
, where she remained for thirty-eight of the next forty-two years, making her the longest-serving woman MP.
31 May 1933: A meeting of women's organizations (sponsored...
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31 May 1933
A meeting of women's organizations (sponsored by the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship
) in the House of Commons
condemned the Nazi
policy of barring women from employment in the German government.
1 April 1936: Eight of the nine women Members of Parliament...
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1 April 1936
Eight of the nine women Members of Parliament in the House
supported Ellen Wilkinson
's amendment seeking to provide equal pay for women in the civil service.
4 June 1940: Winston Churchill made one of his most famous...
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4 June 1940
Winston Churchill
made one of his most famous war speeches in the House of Commons
.
10 March 1943: The House of Commons debated whether Wrens...
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10 March 1943
The House of Commons
debated whether Wrens (members of the Women's Royal Naval Service
) should continue to be restricted to jobs ashore.
May 1947: The housewives debate was held in the House...
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May 1947
The housewives debate was held in the House of Commons
in which male Members of Parliament spoke against keeping wartime British Restaurants
open and in favour of wives cooking for men at home.
31 May 1948: Labour member Florence Paton (1891-1976),...
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31 May 1948
Labour
member Florence Paton
(1891-1976), acting as temporary Chairman [sic] of Committees, became the first woman to preside over the House of Commons
.
16 May 1952: The House of Commons voted to approve the...
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16 May 1952
The House of Commons
voted to approve the motion that the government should announce an early and definite date for the commencement of equal pay in the public service.
3 July 1956: Bessie Braddock, for many years Labour MP...
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3 July 1956
Bessie Braddock
, for many years Labour
MP for the inner-city seat of Liverpool Exchange, made one of her grabs for the limelight by firing unloaded air-rifles on the floor of the House of Commons
.
4 September 1957: The Wolfenden Commission published its Report...
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4 September 1957
The Wolfenden Commission
published its Report on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution which recommended the decriminalization of homosexual acts occurring in private between consenting adults over 21, but suggested stricter regulation of prostitution.
4-5 July 1967: The Homosexual Law Reform Bill passed its...
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4-5 July 1967
The Homosexual Law Reform Bill passed its third and final reading in the House of Commons
: scheduled for the late-night slot on 4 July, it passed when 101 supporters remained for the final vote...
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