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The campaign to achieve the parliamentary vote for women (6 February 1918) took 52 years, from 1866 to 1918. During that time women and their male supporters employed both parliamentary and extra-parliamentary tactics, ranging from the presentation of petitions to the detonation of bombs.
The campaign will be examined, concentrating on the work of the constitutional suffragists as well as on the more notorious suffragettes. Although the latter group steals the headlines, it was the efforts of the former that slowly eroded the deep-seated prejudice that had characterised women, as Keats put it, as ‘milk-white lambs, bleating for man’s protection’ - a phrase deeply scorned by the suffragists. The lecture will discuss which of the groups was more successful in achieving ‘Votes for Women’.
No reservations are required for this lecture. It will be run on a ‘first come, first served’ basis.
Doors will open 30 minutes before the start of the lecture.
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2018-02-05 2018-02-05 Europe/London Votes for Women: A Centenary Celebration The campaign will be examined, concentrating on the work of the constitutional suffragists as well as on the more notorious suffragettes. https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/calendar/2018/02/05/votes-for-women-a-centenary-celebration-153557 Museum of London,150 London Wall,London,LondonLocation
Museum of London,
London,
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