Leeds Welcomes Suffragists
This year marks the centenary of women being granted the parliamentary vote in 1918 (though it was for the over-thirties only at first!). We may expect the media to dwell…
Edith Eskrigge
On the eve of the First World War, just over a century ago, the militant “Suffragette” movement demanding votes for women was in full-swing. The names of Emmeline Pankhurst and…